pfsense with colocation

[tigweld0101]

First post so hi everyone. I've been a long time lurker.

So this whole talk of open source and colo has got me very excited. I went and got a 1/4 cab and a /27

I'm trying to configure my pfsense box right now but the ISP just sent me the information.

Network: xx.zz.yyy.0
Broadcast: xx.zz.yyy.31
Netmask: 255.255.255.224
Gateway: xx.zz.yyy.1

That should give me a usable range of .2 to .30 right?

My next question is how do I configure pfsense to work with this? Do I just set this up like I would a home router or do I need to do something else?

 

[Guillermo Calvo]

Regarding your first question: Yes you are right, is a /27 subnet so you have 29 usable ips
I'm not a pfsense expert but in all firewall you have to set two nics one for your wan (uplink to your provider) and the other for your internal lan (your switch)
You can also set pfsense in transparent mode

 

[epicurean]

Sorry to post a noobie question. So if I need 48 usable IPs, my broadcast should look like xx.zz.yyy.50?

 

[neo]

Sorry to post a noobie question. So if I need 48 usable IPs, my broadcast should look like xx.zz.yyy.50?

CIDR Utility Tool | IP Address Guide

 

[Deci]

you can do 1:1 nat if you wanted to give some hosts/interfaces external ips behind the pfsense box and then others can just have private ips/regular nat

 

[Guillermo Calvo]

Sorry to post a noobie question. So if I need 48 usable IPs, my broadcast should look like xx.zz.yyy.50?

Subnet Mask Cheat Sheet

 

[tigweld0101]

Thanks everyone. I got this setup. Now to get some e3's for the colo.