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Nighthawk CM2000, RAXE300, pfSense CE, XS712Tv2 12-Port 10G Managed Switch Setup
Bought the Nighthawk CM2000 and RAXE300 to replace Spectrum ISP gear needing to eliminate the double NAT as I never succeeded in direct connection of Spectrum modem to the pfSense router. Without the...
I'd be more wondering if its an issue with pfsense and how its negotiating a public/private IP address setup from the ISP.
I've dabbled in a few aftermarket 3rd party software but never pfsense. They've been a bit more complicated and not as user friendly in my experience. And I didn't do it enough to be worth the time so went back to direct modem---router setups. So not much help but based on prior experience, I'd be on the pfsense forums asking assistance.
Sorry for the rat's nest. One shouldn't write at 4am.
The whole point is to avoid double NAT configuration.
My goal was to configure an Internet - NetGear CM2000 - pfSense Router - Managed Switch - NetGear RAXE300 Access Point linkage configuration with the pfSense Router presenting a WAN public IP address.
After two frustrating weeks informed by the pfSense manual, this forum, reddit and other networking forums of continual failure, success was achieved but I don't know why it suddenly worked. I fear that having snapshot the pfSense configuration and created template clones is mere folly. As of now this configuration only works occasionally so I need to understand the underlying issue.
The pfSense dashboard \ Interface WAN setting remains blank for several minutes then flashes a private IP address which then changes to a public IP address. The pfSense VM WAN IP address remains blank throughout.
Are there log files that would help understand what is going on as the NetGear CM2000 negotiates or transmits an IP address to the pfSense WAN. Any way of determining why it fails? Rebooting the CM2000 has not been a magic bullet to say the least. Should the pfSense Router be rebooted or should it be simply waiting for the CM2000 to present non-flashing indicators before taking next actions? Does when the Ethernet cord is inserted into the CM2000 and pfSense Router WAN ports bear any significance?
"NetGear CM2000 - pfSense Router - Managed Switch - NetGear RAXE300 Access Point" should work in this configuration with the RAXE in AP mode.