what you want to do is put your Fritzbox 6660 into "bridge mode" or get a modem only.
what you are calling a converter of some kind is a modem only -- without any router functionality.
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10G is always backwards compatible with 1G and 100M, but not always backwards compatible with 2.5G or 5G.
that being said, Macs with 10Gig ethernet, also support 2.5 and 5G.
tl;dr 10Mb is the only thing that wont work.
yeah totally easy. and you dont even really need to seperate into two LANs, use a policy for your computer's MAC address and redirect the gateway and visa versa.
you can do it practically any way you want.
you are 100% correct that his systems arent air gapped before and they arent air gapped going forward.
that doesnt mean that there is no point doing anything in the middle.
some people are very paranoid about having financial data on any system that can access the internet. i was treating this as besides the point of the question OP asked and was keeping status quo. it is possible they are running outdated software that cannot have security vulnerabilities patched and that a decision somewhere has been made to keep these devices off of direct internet access.
there is nothing wrong with that.
nah you arent understanding what he asked for.
old configuration:
-POS terminals on a local non internet connected network.
-Debt machines on a seperate network that is connected to the internet
-Debt machines connected to POS terminals via serial cable.
New Setup:
-Debt machines will communicate with POS terminals through the TCP/IP network.
-therefore, the POS machines will theoretically now have network access to the internet.
many options, here are two:
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you can set manual IPs on the terminals and simply don't set a default gateway.
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you can use literally any proper, business router and create the required access rules.
it’s time.. Ditching 1st Gen (blend) EERO and going full POE type network. need some planning advice
unifi makes outdoor poe switches, they also make enclosures as additional protection.
Look at the Flex and the Flex Utility for the enclosure.
what you are looking for is an access point
have you considered replacing just the pfsense getup with a TP Link Omada router and controller?
It seems like pfsense is not for you.
the majority of routers that have a built in "access point mode" actually require you to use the Internet/WAN port for uplink when they are places in access point mode, as they will request DHCP out of that interface.
Some of them have all of their interfaces bridged to LAN and it wont matter.
If your router does not have a dedicated access point mode in the firmware, then you are correct, you would need to use a LAN port.
i know that, i mean is it the same as your Asus router's WAN IP?
it doesnt really matter with the exception of the bandwidth left on the port.
What I would do is plug into the dock and see how it goes, if you dont get the full bandwidth plug directly into the laptop.