> > I'm not sure I understand fully. You have a pfsense firewall, hosts on > LAN segment(s), and a settop box that wants a public IP address? If > that's the case, I would put a switch on the modem: pfsense gets an > IP, settop box gets an IP, LAN is firewalled. > > Otherwise you could bridge an OPT interface (physical or virtual) to > WAN and just connect the settop there. > > Did I totally misunderstand the question? > > db
I have a pfsense (alix 2d13) - but that's not really a problem (i think). But reading the comment of Vick - I agree, it might be risky to put WAN together on the LAN. The settop box has its own private address range... where my pfsense gets a public address, the settop box has a 10.x.x.x address. (while my own LAN is 172.16.x.x). This way, my provider has it's way to track internet-traffic and settop-box traffic (since they only count the internet one in our monthly limit). Since a new networkcable is practically impossible, I'll assign 4 wires to each (that way I'll be limited to 100mbit - but that's enough for either settop & other peripherals that resides under the tv)... I splitted an 8-wire cable before, into two pairs of 100mbit, succesfully - and reading Vick's comment... i'll jump out of the idea with vlans :) Many thanks for the many OT replies (and sorry to put this here - but searching google, only made me doubt even more) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
