On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:54 PM, J.D. Bronson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I use pfSense and have it running well. > I just obtained a static block of IPs from my ISP > but they are handed out via DHCP to the ISP equipment. > > Once I have an DHCP IP, then I can go into the ISP hardware > and change it to a public IP. > > Ok. well with that in mind, I have 1 WAN NIC in the pfSense box. > Is there any way to fake out my ISP equipment by sending different fake MACs > to it to obtain multiple static IP for the pfSense box? > > I am trying to just have pfSense do all my routing and networking. > Otherwise, I need to essentially plug in each server into the back of the ISP > equipment directly and would prefer NOT to do that.
Hi JD, I'm not sure if this will accomplish your goal, but here's a thought. All this can be done from the Interfaces->WAN menu. 1) Set the interface to DHCP, obtain an IP and then tell your ISP's equipment that it's static (or reserved, or whatever they're doing). 2) Change the IP of your WAN interface. Move it up by 10 or something. As longs as you've only got a few interfaces in your router, you're unlikely to overlap anything doing it that way. 3) Disable then enable the WAN interface so that it requests a new DHCP lease 4) Since you have a new MAC address, they'll give you a new IP address at which point, you can go into their equipment and flag it as static. 5) Rinse and repeat: You can repeat this process several times until you have leased and then reserved the IPs that you need. 6) Setup all your new IPs as Virtual IPs under Firewall -> Virtual IPs If I've understood your description of the setup and the ISP, there's a good chance this will work. The uncertainty in my mind is whether the ISP will really reserve that IP or whether there will be some lease expiration. Good Luck, Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
