FW4B
WAN = Internet
LAN = Netgear router as AP
OPT1 = TP-link unmanaged network switch
I have a laptop connected to the switch and I'm having issues getting my new OPNsense router to recognize anything from that switch. According to this other post (https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=43777.0), I followed it by adding the firewall rules but I still can't get internet connection via switch ethernet. Like the OP of that post, I too am a noob at this. Took me a couple of hours setting up the netgear router wifi to work as AP only to find out that it turns off the wifi when switching to AP as well as enabling guest connections. Both have been fixed but this network switch issue is stumping me.
A router is not a switch.
Conceptually, OPT1 and LAN are two different interfaces. So it all depends on how you configure them. What you probably want is to bridge both physical ports to one logical interface, not have to different interfaces with different subnets.
This is explained here (https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/lan_bridge.html).
If that is something different than you actually want, you should probably read this (https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=42985.0) first.
Thank you for the clarification! I managed to get it to work. With your response, link, and this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1Rv4gB8fkI), I got ethernet connection now. I bridged OPT1 (Netgear router) and OPT2 (network switch) and assigned them to LAN.