Interfaces: Virtual IPs: Settings > Mode=Other

[MK4L]

- I know OPNSense removed this from the UI.
- I know it was announced.
- I know it is still supported if you export config, edit config, re-import config.
- I do not really understand why it was removed?
- OPNSense is missing on a very important use case: Transparent Shaper.
- A Transparent Shaper is possible ONLY using Interfaces: Virtual IPs: Settings > Mode=Other.

More details why:
- Queuing is never efficient; only pipes are.
- Queuing is never efficient, from any vendor, software or hardware, or both (appliance); only pipes are.
- A shaper is best when transparent.
- A Shaper is best when standalone.
- Any additional service is pure noise.


This is more of a feature request: Please bring back Virtual IP Mode = Other to the UI. Adding "Other" interfaces does not mean I have to restart the shaper.

[franco]

> community/25.1/25.1.3:o interfaces: remove defunct "other" VIP type

To our knowledge it wasn't even creating a VIP, just being selectable in some legacy pages as a single pseudo-alias and we simply did not want to bring this cruft into MVC to ease future maintenance burden.


Cheers,
Franco

[MK4L]

> community/25.1/25.1.3:o interfaces: remove defunct "other" VIP type

To our knowledge it wasn't even creating a VIP, just being selectable in some legacy pages as a single pseudo-alias and we simply did not want to bring this cruft into MVC to ease future maintenance burden.


Cheers,
Franco

The problem is: You cannot use OPNSense like a ROUTER-THAT-DOES-NOT-NAT-AND-STILL-HAVE-FIREWALL *except* with this trick.

- I do not want NAT.
- I do not want anything *except* a SHAPER THAT ROUTES and that HAS A FIREWALL.
- Traffic insights are a bonus!

Do you see any way to achieve that other than with VIP=Other?
Config snips attached.