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      Charlie48
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      Hi,

      is it possible to have 2 WAN connection with same GW and in same subnet?

      ISP gives me 2 IP on 2 different eth ports, so pfsense is connected with WAN NICS

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        viragomann @Charlie48
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        @Charlie48
        So you get a single WAN connection with 2 IPs in fact.

        Hence you have to use a single NIC on pfSense.
        Assign one IP in the WAN interface settings and the second as virtual in Firewall > Virtual IPs, type IP alias.

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          Charlie48 @viragomann
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          @viragomann

          Hi,

          “Problem” is that on ISP box on eth1 I get static IP (I need to put network settings manually in pfsense) and on the eth2 of the ISP box I get public IP via DHCP.
          both IPS have same gw and are in the same subnet.

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            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Charlie48
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            @Charlie48 have you tried doing that - pretty sure the only way pfsense will let you put IPs that overlap is via dhcp, etc.

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              viragomann @Charlie48
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              @Charlie48
              You can connect two NICs to the ISP box though, I think, but you can only state the gateway on one of them. This would not have any drawbacks, however.

              I expect, that the DHCP sets also the default gateway. Then just assign the static IP to the other NIC without stating a gateway.

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