Configuring the WAN interface
This recipe describes how to configure the Wide Area Network (WAN) on the external interface of our firewall.
Getting ready
The WAN interface is your connection to the outside world. You'll need a properly configured WAN interface (as described in the previous chapter) and an Internet connection. In this example, a cable modem provides the Internet connection from our local Internet Service Provider (ISP), but pfSense will support every other major connection method.
How to do it...
- Browse to Interfaces | WAN.
- Check Enable Interface.
- Choose an address configuration Type.
- Leave MAC address blank. Manually entering a MAC address here is known as "spoofing". Your ISP has no way of verifying MAC addresses, so you can simply ...
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