Enable interface Disable the interface without needing to remove its assignment altogether.
Prevent interface removal Avoids accidentally removing an interface (has to be turned off and saved before an interface can be removed).
**General configuration**
Description A short description for clarifaction, if the name does not suffice.
Block private networks Block traffic claiming to come from private addresses. On WAN interfaces, this kind of traffic should not happen legitimately.
Block bogon networks Block traffic claiming to come from invalid or reserved addresses (Martian packets). Note that this also includes multicast traffic using OSPF and RTMP.
IPv4 Configuration type How to obtain the IPv4 address for this connection.
IPv6 Configuration type How to obtain the IPv6 address for this connection.
MAC Address Can be used to spoof the MAC address. Can usually be left blank (in which case it will use the actual MAC address of the hardware).
MTU `Maximum Transfer Unit <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_transmission_unit>`_.
Speed and duplex It is recommended to leave this on the default, unless you know what you are doing and the setting you pick matches the one on the physical port.
Alias IPv4 address Used as a fixed alias IPv4 address by the DHCP client.
Reject Leases From Can be used to ignore DHCP leases from ISP-issued modems, for example.
Hostname This value is sent as the DHCP client identifier and hostname when requesting a DHCP lease. Some ISPs may require this (for client identification).
Override MTU An ISP may incorrectly set an MTU value which can cause intermittent network disruption. By default this value will be ignored. Unsetting this option will allow to apply the MTU supplied by the ISP instead.
**PPP configuration**
Service Provider By selecting a country, provider and plan here, OPNsense can fill in the other fields for you. If your provider or plan not in the list, you have to set them manually.
Username
Password
Phone number
Access Point Name (APN)
Modem port
Advanced PPP Will take you to the Point-to-Point device settings.
**PPPoE configuration**
Username
Password
Service name Leave blank unless specified by provider.
Host-Uniq See above.
Dial-on-demand Only connect when traffic is sent over the interface
Idle timeout (seconds)
Advanced and MLPPP Will take you to the Point-to-Point device settings.
**PPTP/L2TP configuration**
Username
Password
Local IP address
Remote IP address
Dial-on-demand Only connect when traffic is sent over the interface
Idle timeout (seconds)
Advanced Will take you to the Point-to-Point device settings.
Use IPv4 connectivity Set the IPv6 address on the IPv4 PPP connectivity link.
**DHCPv6 client configuration**
Configuration Mode Setting this to “Advanced” will make the settings below “Use VLAN priority” visible.
Request only an IPv6 prefix Only request an IPv6 prefix; do not request an IPv6 address.
Prefix delegation size The delegated prefix length provided by the DHCPv6 server. Normally specified by the ISP.
Send IPv6 prefix hint Send an IPv6 prefix hint to indicate the desired prefix size for delegation
Directly send SOLICIT In case the ISP requires a SOLICIT message for authentication, select this option to prevent indefinite waiting for a router advertisement.
Prevent release Do not send a release message on client exit to prevent the release of an allocated address or prefix on the server.
Enable debug Enable debug mode for DHCPv6 client
Use IPv4 connectivity Set the IPv6 address on the IPv4 PPP connectivity link.
Use VLAN priority Certain ISPs may require that DHCPv6 requests are sent with a specific VLAN priority.
Interface Statement Click the “i” to see what the four subfields do.
Identity Association
Prefix Interface
Authentication
Keyinfo
**SLAAC configuration**
Use IPv4 connectivity Set the IPv6 address on the IPv4 PPP connectivity link.
**6RD Rapid Deployment**
6RD prefix The 6RD IPv6 prefix assigned by your ISP. e.g. '2001:db8::/32'
6RD Border Relay The 6RD IPv4 gateway address assigned by your ISP
6RD IPv4 Prefix length The 6RD IPv4 prefix length. Normally specified by the ISP. A value of 0 means we embed the entire IPv4 address in the 6RD prefix.
6RD IPv4 Prefix address The 6RD IPv4 prefix address. Optionally overrides the automatic detection.
**Track IPv6 interface**
IPv6 Interface This selects the dynamic IPv6 WAN interface to track for configuration.
IPv6 Prefix ID The delegated IPv6 prefix ID. This determines the configurable /64 network ID based on the dynamic IPv6 connection.
Manual Configuration If this option is set, you will be able to manually set the DHCPv6 and Router Advertisments service for this interface. Use with care.
