Transfer IP's of one Router to Another

[JacobStar910]

Hello!

I setup a pfSense router not to long ago and got it setup how I like it, but since my modem is a MoCA so it's a hybrid of wireless router & modem, I can't get rid of it and the WAN port on my pfSense is coming from the lan of the MoCA.

I was wondering if there's a way to transfer the IP's and convert them over to my pfSense router so they can be port forwarded and handled there instead of the MoCA. Can it be done?

If it needs to be explained better I'll try, since I'm not sure how to explain it really.

 

[Solandri]

If your Internet is coming over MoCA, more than likely you're in some sort of apartment or condo, and the building's management is using MoCA to distribute Internet to all the units. If that's the case, there's nothing you can do. Whatever ports are allowed are the ports you're stuck with. Getting ports forwarded will require paying for an external VPS and setting up a VPN for your network to tunnel your Internet through the VPS.

If this is your own detached home, and you're the only one getting Internet over MoCA, then there has to be another router somewhere which is providing Internet from your phone company or your cable TV company. You need to login to that router, and find a setting called DMZ. If it's there, set it to a fixed IP address. e.g. If that router's IP address is 192.168.1.1, then you can set the DMZ to 192.168.1.2. Then on your pfSense router, you set its WAN IP address to 192.168.1.2. The DMZ setting will cause the first router to just port forward everything to 192.168.1.2, which will be your pfSense router. Then you can use your pfSense router's settings to decide which ports you'll continue to forward to your LAN.

 

[JacobStar910]

If your Internet is coming over MoCA, more than likely you're in some sort of apartment or condo, and the building's management is using MoCA to distribute Internet to all the units. If that's the case, there's nothing you can do. Whatever ports are allowed are the ports you're stuck with. Getting ports forwarded will require paying for an external VPS and setting up a VPN for your network to tunnel your Internet through the VPS.

If this is your own detached home, and you're the only one getting Internet over MoCA, then there has to be another router somewhere which is providing Internet from your phone company or your cable TV company. You need to login to that router, and find a setting called DMZ. If it's there, set it to a fixed IP address. e.g. If that router's IP address is 192.168.1.1, then you can set the DMZ to 192.168.1.2. Then on your pfSense router, you set its WAN IP address to 192.168.1.2. The DMZ setting will cause the first router to just port forward everything to 192.168.1.2, which will be your pfSense router. Then you can use your pfSense router's settings to decide which ports you'll continue to forward to your LAN.

That's highly detailed, I appreciate that a lot. I'll try that later tonight when my family isn't on. I'll report back.

 

[JacobStar910]

If your Internet is coming over MoCA, more than likely you're in some sort of apartment or condo, and the building's management is using MoCA to distribute Internet to all the units. If that's the case, there's nothing you can do. Whatever ports are allowed are the ports you're stuck with. Getting ports forwarded will require paying for an external VPS and setting up a VPN for your network to tunnel your Internet through the VPS.

If this is your own detached home, and you're the only one getting Internet over MoCA, then there has to be another router somewhere which is providing Internet from your phone company or your cable TV company. You need to login to that router, and find a setting called DMZ. If it's there, set it to a fixed IP address. e.g. If that router's IP address is 192.168.1.1, then you can set the DMZ to 192.168.1.2. Then on your pfSense router, you set its WAN IP address to 192.168.1.2. The DMZ setting will cause the first router to just port forward everything to 192.168.1.2, which will be your pfSense router. Then you can use your pfSense router's settings to decide which ports you'll continue to forward to your LAN.

Alrighty I did that, I didn't test the port forward but I noticed I can't see them in the ARP table still.

Did I do the DMZ wrong or is DMZ not for that? Is there a way to get the IP's from the first router onto the second wirelessly? Thanks!