Interfaces: Virtual IPs: Settings > Mode=Other

Started by MK4L, August 16, 2026, 06:50:16 PM

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You can use a transparently bridged setup - no idea about the shaping, though. But remove the IP addresses from bridge member interfaces. That configuration breaks multicast and that might result in all sorts of mysterious issues.

I'd rather route whenever I can instead of bridging.

The official documentation for a transparent filtering bridge is here: https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/transparent_bridge.html

Kind regards,
Patrick
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Quote from: Patrick M. Hausen on August 17, 2026, 09:06:49 PMBut remove the IP addresses from bridge member interfaces

Looks like everyone is fixated on accusing me of doing that :D :D I just never do; this was the test setup I made *today* to see if non-transparent is going to work! And the bridge was a leftover from my prod setup!

Thank you for your dedicated help (Y)

Quote from: Patrick M. Hausen on August 17, 2026, 09:06:49 PMThe official documentation for a transparent filtering bridge is here: https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/transparent_bridge.html

Oh yes :D Tis I, once again!

After staring at that page for so long I discovered this:
- This page is a Deja-Vu!
- I followed these steps to the character and ended up with toast routing.
- The steps, now, are outdated and do not represent current UI design/pages.
- Specifically, and since 2017 when I first read it, the system tunable instructions actually block routing (because there is no such thing as a Bridge interface to use in Firewall/Rules)

..which makes my setup unique and superior ;P

And, yes: Please bring back VIP Mode=Other to the UI.