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Tutorials and FAQs / Re: [Tutorial] How I do port forwarding - simple and straightforward

« on: November 07, 2024, 08:08:24 pm »

Step 1: Set up aliases

Too simple explanation: Aliases are friendly names to IP addresses. If you're managing a bunch of IPs to forward, it's best to give the IP address a label.

Under firewall > aliases > add a new alias

Code: [Select]

- name: A short friendly name for the IP address you're aliasing. I'll call it "media-server"
- type: Host(s)
- Aliases: Input 192.168.1.200


These are not the options for setting an alias.

They are Enabled: y/n
Name:
Type: Hosts
Categories:?
Content: dropbox selection
Stats:
Desciption:

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Tutorials and FAQs / Re: [Noob] WAN & LAN work fine. Best way to add SPF (OPT1) & switch into the mix

« on: November 01, 2024, 07:15:36 pm »

I think I had a simple wrong setting in my rules.  Copied a little too much verbatim from LAN to Opt1.  I'll test once my wife isn't at the computer so she doesn't yell at me for dropping the network again :-)

Thank you.

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Tutorials and FAQs / Re: [Noob] WAN & LAN work fine. Best way to add SPF (OPT1) & switch into the mix

« on: November 01, 2024, 06:15:57 pm »

Hmm, thought I did that and the machine on the new switch got a proper IP address but could not get to the internet.

Thank you.

I'll double check to look for mistakes.  I was wondering if I missed a step.

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Tutorials and FAQs / [Noob] WAN & LAN work fine. Best way to add SPF (OPT1) & switch into the mix

« on: November 01, 2024, 05:52:12 pm »

Total noob, Basic install went well.  I see my interfaces WAN, LAN and my extra OPTx for my extra nics.  WAN and LAN are working fine on the default 192.168.1.x range.

Groovy.

Now I want to connect a basic SPF switch to expand my capacity and partion off my IoT devices into a secure vlan.

Forgetting the secure vlan stuff for a moment...  How do I get my devices plugged into the SPF switch to have internet access.

This is what I did so far.

• My LAN is fine and is using static 192.168.1.1 and has the default DHCP service and rules configured.
• Eidted the Optx interface to give it a static IP of 192.168.10.1 and replicated the DHCP and rules for OPTx.  The DHCP range for SPF just used the 192.168.10.x range.
• A computer connected to the switch and is getting an IP assigned of 192.168.10.10.
• But...  that computer cannot get to the internet.

Am I missing something silly?