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Andtheit
Joining in
7 months ago

Pfsense firewall and hub3

Hi has anyone got a guide to setting up a hub 3 in modem only mode and the settings needed on pfsense firewall? 
anyone help would be much appreciated 

thanks Andy

  • Robert_P's avatar
    Robert_P
    7 months ago

    Hello Andtheit

     

    Thanks for posting in regards to your Hub and setting up modem mode. We appreciate you raising the query via the forums and welcome to the community.

     

    Please follow the steps below for setting the Hub 3 into modem mode:

     

    1. Navigate to 192.168.0.1
    2. Log in to the Hub
    3. Go to 'Modem mode' (on the left) and put the hub into modem mode
    4. Wait until the bottom light on the Hub turns magenta / red (HUB 3) (can take about 5 minutes)
    5. Turn off the Hub
    6. Power on and set up your new router as per the manufacturers instructions
    7. Plug an ethernet cable (usually supplied with the new router) from port 1 on the Hub into the WAN (usually blue) socket on the new Router
    8. Power on the Hub and wait about 5-10 minutes until it stabilises - You should have internet!

     

     

  • legacy1's avatar
    legacy1
    Alessandro Volta
    7 months ago

    pfsense should when you find what port is WAN and LAN work by default from what I remember 

  • Robert_P's avatar
    Robert_P
    Forum Team
    7 months ago

    Hello Andtheit

     

    Thanks for posting in regards to your Hub and setting up modem mode. We appreciate you raising the query via the forums and welcome to the community.

     

    Please follow the steps below for setting the Hub 3 into modem mode:

     

    1. Navigate to 192.168.0.1
    2. Log in to the Hub
    3. Go to 'Modem mode' (on the left) and put the hub into modem mode
    4. Wait until the bottom light on the Hub turns magenta / red (HUB 3) (can take about 5 minutes)
    5. Turn off the Hub
    6. Power on and set up your new router as per the manufacturers instructions
    7. Plug an ethernet cable (usually supplied with the new router) from port 1 on the Hub into the WAN (usually blue) socket on the new Router
    8. Power on the Hub and wait about 5-10 minutes until it stabilises - You should have internet!

     

     

  • Andtheit's avatar
    Andtheit
    Joining in
    6 months ago

    Hi taken me a while to get access to my internet connection as the wife is always using it!. Managed to setup the virgin router ok, but on the pfsense firewall if I set WAN interface to PPOE it want a username and password. Is there a username and password? Or do I need to use a different interface type.