Netgate 7100 - Configuring an OPT interface as an additional WAN

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10. Remove the USB drive from the USB port.

Important: If the USB drive remains attached, the system will boot into the installer again because by default

the system ﬁrmware is conﬁgured so that a device plugged into the USB port will be booted with a higher priority.

See also:

For information on restoring from a previously saved conﬁguration, go to Backup and Restore.

Caution: If this device contains multiple disks, such as when adding an SSD to an existing system which pre-

viously used MMC, additional steps may be necessary to ensure the device boots from and uses the correct disk.

Furthermore, having separate installations of the software on diﬀerent disks is a known source of problems. For

example, the kernel could boot from one disk while the root ﬁlesystem is loaded from another, or they could contain

conﬂicting ZFS pools.

In some cases it is possible to adjust the BIOS boot order to prefer the new disk, but the best practice is to wipe the

old disk to remove any chance of the previous installation causing boot issues or conﬂicts.

For information on how to wipe the old disk, see Multiple Disk Boot Issues.

2.7 Conﬁguring an OPT interface as an additional WAN

Note: The default conﬁguration has the ix SFP interfaces assigned as OPT ports. The switch ports may also be

conﬁgured as additional discrete OPT ports, see Conﬁguring the Switch Ports for details.

This guide conﬁgures an OPT port as an additional WAN type interface. These interfaces connect to upstream networks

providing connectivity to the Internet or other remote destinations.

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