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ok - we are there. I am not quite sure what solved it in the end - but for newbies like myself:
1. I purchased a double ethernet adaptor rather than a single one - intel based. Dual-Port PCIe Gigabit Network Card PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Adapter with Intel 82576/82575 Ports PCI Express NIC Support PXE for Windows/Windows Server/Linux/FreeBSD/DOS With Low Profile. Brand: ULANSEN
2. I reinstalled Opnsense - what was interesting was that on the live-USB, it only recognized the two ports on this card, and assigned the interfaces naturally.
3. On the first install I went for double-nat, just to see if I could get a WAN IP address, and I could, but for some reason the LAN was set to 192.168.1.100
4. I worked through reassigning the LAN to 10.10.x.x. and then was able to access the router through this. I found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CocyuQ-AyOY Zenamor helpful.
5. I then moved across to the Draytek router in bridge mode, and logged into the GUI - which needed a change in the adaptor settings because the IP is as standard 192.168.2.1 - I note that my instructions had 192.168.1.1 Odd for such a great company, by reputation, My model is the Vigor 167 https://www.draytek.com/assets/online_manuals/pdf/DrayTek_UG_Vigor167_V1.2.pdf#:~:text=Vigor%20167%2035b%20Modem%20User%E2%80%99s%20Guide%20Version:%201.2%20Firmware. You also need to set up a static IP address which must be in the same subnet as the router - ie right click on the ethernet properties, go down to IPv4, set the PC address (top line) to 192.168.2.any-number 2-255, and then put the default gateway as 192.167.2.1 - the subnet mask sets itself if you click on any box. Then go back into your browser and you can access the router.
6. Once attached to the Draytek in bridge mode, Opnsense connected easily with my user and password - and did not need VLAN initially.
7. I noted that the speeds were slow from the internet - and looked up how to add the VLAN tag 101 - first setting up the tag, and then applying it to the WAN port. You can find help with that but I found that ChatGPT was a help because there is so much information out there.
Now to learn about networking and the options of opnsense!
We are up and running. Just hope this helps someone else. It would be interesting if anyone else can see what has been going on. The resetting of the LAN IP address to something completely different - together with the range of possible IP addresses to be assigned was a major change but I wonder if the new card was a factor as well.
Thanks bartjsmit - just hearing that I was on the right lines kept me plugging away.
1. I purchased a double ethernet adaptor rather than a single one - intel based. Dual-Port PCIe Gigabit Network Card PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Adapter with Intel 82576/82575 Ports PCI Express NIC Support PXE for Windows/Windows Server/Linux/FreeBSD/DOS With Low Profile. Brand: ULANSEN
2. I reinstalled Opnsense - what was interesting was that on the live-USB, it only recognized the two ports on this card, and assigned the interfaces naturally.
3. On the first install I went for double-nat, just to see if I could get a WAN IP address, and I could, but for some reason the LAN was set to 192.168.1.100
4. I worked through reassigning the LAN to 10.10.x.x. and then was able to access the router through this. I found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CocyuQ-AyOY Zenamor helpful.
5. I then moved across to the Draytek router in bridge mode, and logged into the GUI - which needed a change in the adaptor settings because the IP is as standard 192.168.2.1 - I note that my instructions had 192.168.1.1 Odd for such a great company, by reputation, My model is the Vigor 167 https://www.draytek.com/assets/online_manuals/pdf/DrayTek_UG_Vigor167_V1.2.pdf#:~:text=Vigor%20167%2035b%20Modem%20User%E2%80%99s%20Guide%20Version:%201.2%20Firmware. You also need to set up a static IP address which must be in the same subnet as the router - ie right click on the ethernet properties, go down to IPv4, set the PC address (top line) to 192.168.2.any-number 2-255, and then put the default gateway as 192.167.2.1 - the subnet mask sets itself if you click on any box. Then go back into your browser and you can access the router.
6. Once attached to the Draytek in bridge mode, Opnsense connected easily with my user and password - and did not need VLAN initially.
7. I noted that the speeds were slow from the internet - and looked up how to add the VLAN tag 101 - first setting up the tag, and then applying it to the WAN port. You can find help with that but I found that ChatGPT was a help because there is so much information out there.
Now to learn about networking and the options of opnsense!
We are up and running. Just hope this helps someone else. It would be interesting if anyone else can see what has been going on. The resetting of the LAN IP address to something completely different - together with the range of possible IP addresses to be assigned was a major change but I wonder if the new card was a factor as well.
Thanks bartjsmit - just hearing that I was on the right lines kept me plugging away.
