I want to use three NICs NIC 1 - WAN Connects to Internet NIC 2 - LAN Connects to the local area network which includes the home computers for the family. NIC 3 - Optional - I want to use this to connect my Access Point for wireless and other computers that I only want to connect to the internet and not be able to have these computers connect or see the NIC 2 LAN computers unless there is a rule created to do so. More than anything I want to separate the wireless side so that if it is compromised the NIC 2 internal LAN computers cannot be seen or compromised. Thanks for the help.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mojo Jojo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sat 9/17/2005 1:02 AM
To: [email protected]
Cc:
Subject: Re: [pfSense-discussion] Optional NIC
Greg,
Tell me exactly what you want to do and I will try to write up a doc
for
you and to contribute to the project.
I am only like a week or less into using PfSense but I think I get the
basics enough to write something up. Even better, it may be pretty good
since it will come through the eyes of a PfSense Newbie :)
Todd
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Huggins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 2:37 PM
Subject: RE: [pfSense-discussion] Optional NIC
Loved the Sesame Street comment!! Never thought of the interface colors
in IPCOP like that. Now that I have stopped laughing I guess from
reading your email that this is indeed possible to do what I want.
Do you know of a "how to" to do this so that I do not mess it up in
setting this up?
Thanks,
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Ullrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 3:32 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [pfSense-discussion] Optional NIC
On 9/16/05, Greg Huggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am currently using IPCOP and have the RED - Wan, GREEN - Lan and
BLUE -
> Wireless concept in my mind for referring to the various NICS. In my
> current IPCOP configuration I have my wireless AP and other computers
hooked
> to the BLUE NIC and these computers cannot see the GREEN-Lan unless
rules
> are made to allow the BLUE to see the GREEN but all on the BLUE NIC
can
> access the internet.
Sounds like a sesame street firewall!?
> Is this the same concept in pfSense? If I have a 3 NIC setup can the
> optional NIC (BLUE) see others on the BLUE and access the internet but
not
> access computers on the GREEN-Lan side?
No, we expect our users to not be avvid watchers of sesame street
(unless you have kids of course).
All joking aside, we have the mandatory WAN and LAN interfaces and you
can add "Optional" interfaecs by visiting Assign interfaces. You
could for instance add an optional interface to be an additional WAN,
routed subnet, etc.
Scott
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