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Any step by steps guides available for configuration Modem/Router combo?

DavidJohnson1

I'm somewhat a novice on firewall connection and configuration.

I have searched, but can't really find a step by step guide for someone new to firewall configuration utilizing a modem/router combo.

I have the current setup and need a little guidance:

ISP Modem/Router Combo - 192.168.0.1 Gateway - DHCP range 192.168.0.1-100

Physical installation on standalone server of XG Firewall with two NIC ports - LAN Set at 192.168.0.254 - I can access the web interface from my desktop with a static IP in 192.168.0.0/24

I'm a little lost on how to setup the XG firewall LAN and WAN

I am not sure what the interface config should be for the WAN considering I have the gateway on the router and DHCP supplying to range of 192.168.0.1-100

I was assuming I need one cable from my modem/router to port 1 on my XG firewall - Then one cable from port 2 on my XG firewall to a managed/unmanaged switch. Devices connected to this switch would utilize DHCP from XG firewall with DHCP range 192.168.0.101-250 and rules and traffic policing would be available on any devices connected to this switch.

Thank you for any information someone more experienced than myself can provide.

-DJ



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    You can't have 192.168.0.0/24 on both the WAN and LAN interface, XG will not be able to pass traffic from one to the other.  

    Option 1 - Keep 192.168.0.0/24 on the WAN, towards the ISP router.  Then put something like 192.168.1.0/24 on the LAN.  You would need to do dynamic/static routing on the ISP router, so it knows how to get to the new network.  XG would then be the DHCP server.

    Option 2 - Configure XG in Bridge Mode.  The bridge interface will be assigned an IP address on the existing 192.168.0.0/24 network and traffic will flow between the 2 physical interfaces.   In Bridge Mode, I was never able to get XG to function as a DHCP server. But,  "theoretically" you should be able to continue to use your existing router as the DHCP server (there is a KB article about this).