Pfsense newbie here.
Below is my setup. Router > PF Sense on a HP desktop with 3 ports> TpLink Switch > Laptop (see picture1 below)
PfSense is getting WAN IP and the internet connection. See picture 2 and 3 below
But still, the laptop connecting to the switch is not getting the LAN connection. Its not getting any IP when connecting via the LAN cable below. I have verified the switch works well when I take out pfsense from the equation. Looks like It is not getting the default gateway assigned? How do I assign that?
Can somebody help? What am I missing?
Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3
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1 Answer
My guess is your WAN and LAN are on the same subnet. That defeats the purpose of a firewall/router, and no need to have pfsense in use at all.
Your WAN and LAN MUST be on separate networks.
pfsense can see the 'internet' though you seem to also be doing this as a lab test, with you WAN connected to your internal firewalled network. Try setting LAN to 192.168.2.254/24. Also ensure dhcp is enabled in pfsense. The 169 address indicated unable to connect to dhcp.
