In this case your pfSense firewall, for which WAN is set to DHCP by default, should just work when the VDSL modem is in bridge mode (as above). IPoE stands for IP over Ethernet, which for our purposes is DHCP or Static IP addressing without PPPoE or similar. Some ISP's just use IPoE with DHCP, which is excellent. Please see our TPG FTN NBN guide which deals with their quirks Your ISP uses IPoE with DHCP (like Optus, Iinet, and Telstra) You can probably find your ISP specific settings on this reference: įor home, check out the A10 Dual Core or A10 Quad Core appliances in Desktop profile.įor business, check out the A10 Quad Core or the Xeon Quad Core Gen4 as Rackmount appliances.Īre you using TPG or an AAPT Wholesale ISP? (If you sign up with Exetel, please use our Dealer Code BA1372) Configure pfSense They have provided bridge modem configuration steps here on their wiki. Configure the ZTE H268AĮxetel ship the ZTE H268A which can be configured for bridge mode. You can now plug the modem into the "phone" line. Even if your ISP doesn't use VLANs it won't hurt. Set the Device Mode option to Modem (Modem only). In the Advanced tab once again, click the Device Mode option. Tip: Place a sticky label on the modem with the IP address you just gave it for later reference. Then click LAN Setup from the same menu, set the modems IP range to something that doesn't clash with your LAN, disable DHCP. Ensure the mode DHCP is set (as the modem will get confused when set to bridge if previously set to PPPoE).
Pfsense vlan priority upgrade#
Once the firmware upgrade is completed, again go in to the Advanced tab, click to expand the Setup drop down on the left hand side, then click Internet Setup. The modems default username and password are admin and password respectively.Ĭlick the Advanced tab, click to expand the Administration drop down on the left hand side, then click Firmware Upgrade. It's perfect as a bridging modem but is otherwise pretty hopeless. Note: the menus can be a bit slow as the DM200 is very low end. Plug a computer into the LAN port of the modem, and the modem will provide an IP address via DHCP.
Pfsense vlan priority install#
You might as well install whatever is the latest version. You will need V1.0.0.44 or better to connect to any provider who uses VLAN's in their configuration (TPG and others). Versions prior to V1.0.0.36 will cause NBN to block your port. But before you plug in the "phone" line, you must upgrade the firmware first. The Netgear DM200 is a very basic 1 port VDSL modem. These steps may also be a useful reference for configuring other Firewall's based on Linux or other.īut first things first. The high-level steps are: firstly configure the one port VDSL modem, then configure pfSense. NBN's Fibre to the Node (FTTN), and Fibre to the Building (FTTB) both use VDSL technology.