From f7b23ccafded3147918532c38f70c3183d579f4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tyrel Souza Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 23:47:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] pfsense --- content/blog/2023-06-07_pfsense.rst | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/blog/2023-06-07_pfsense.rst diff --git a/content/blog/2023-06-07_pfsense.rst b/content/blog/2023-06-07_pfsense.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1bf2db7 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2023-06-07_pfsense.rst @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +pfSense +####### +:author: tyrel +:category: Tech +:tags: networking +:status: published + +This week I finally got a machine that is solely to run pfSense. +I didn't want to spend _too_ much money so I bought a $200.00 Qotom Firewall Q330G4. +This was great and easy to set up. + +First I bought a Netgear WAC104 and installed OpenWRT on it. Simple enough. +Then I put that into bridge mode, so it's just an Access Point and not a "smart" router too. + +Then I put my Linksys EA9300 into bridge mode and behind the pfSense machine (into a switch) and couldn't access any of my server's sites. + +After futzing with that for a couple days, I finally figured out the problem. +I thought I was behind a double NAT, but I wasn't. When I moved my EA9300 from my sole WiFi router, to behind the pfSense machine, I neglected to change some settings on my AT&T modem. + +You see — dear reader— when I set up this network on my AT&T Modem, I had to enable Passthrough mode. +This, was set to a MAC Address, not an IP Address. +So when I was making sure to keep my IP network on the same 192.168.1.1/24, I thought that was all I needed. + +Alas, there's a dropdown to pick the MAC address of the machine that everything passes through. +I can now access my bookmarks, notes, ebooks, and plex server! + + +Thanks to my friend Daniel (@sanitybit) - who was a great rubber duck and gave me some pointers when I was debugging, and also helped me find the hardware for the pfSense box!