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Philip Weissman

I have a Firewalla purple in router mode and I'm using a Unifi switch, APs and cloud key controller. In the Firewalla app the IP address of the Firewalla purple is listed as 192.168.1.164 which is outside of the IP range of the only LAN. I suspect this IP addres was set by my previous router a few months back during configuration. The Unifi controller gives the IP address of the Firewalla purple as 192.168.55.1 which is in the LAN. 

I'm not aware of any issues but I'm wondering if the two different IP addresses for the Firewalla is a problem. I'm also curious to know if the Firewalla is in it's own LAN. 

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    Firewalla

    Make sure you don't have another dhcp server running, it is pretty rare (unless you use static IP) to have firewalla having the wrong address and still operational

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    Philip Weissman

    Thanks. I think my Fios ONT may be a dhcp server. This would be news to me but it's the only thing that makes sense. Other than devices, I only have a Unifi managaged PoE switch, APs, and a Cloud Key. The reason I suspect the Fios ONT  is that the IP address 192.168.1.1 takes me to a Verizon router loggin page. I don't have a Verizon router and my ONT does not have password information written on a label. 

    I have my old ORBI RBR50 sitting around, set in AP mode. Tomorrow, when I can disconnect the internet without getting screemed at, I'll connect it directly to the ONT and see what happens. 

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    Philip Weissman

    The IP address of my LAN is 192.168.66.1 I created a VLAN on the Purple with the ID 76. I then created the VLAN network, IoT, in the Unifi app with the same ID and name. Then I changed the Network associated with a second SSID to IoT. After I save, clients in the Firewalla app disappear after a reconnect. The IP addresses on the Unifi app change to addresses with the subnet, 169.254.0.0. This indicates that the DHCP server isn't reachable? DHCP settings (none/server/relay) in the Unifi OS didn't help.

    Wondering if this can be caused by the Firewalla having the wrong IP address.

    I've think I followed the Firewalla documentation properly and did my best with the Unified app. Need help.

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    Firewalla

    When you define a VLAN on the firewalla, did you do the same on your switch? and also, did you connect a trunk port (tagged port) from the managed switch to firewalla? 

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    Philip Weissman

    Thanks. Yes, the problem was the port to the Firewalla got auto-set to the LAN. I just had to turn it back to a trunk port and now WVLANs and port-based VLANs are working.

    Also think I resolved the firewalla IP address issue or at least have a better handle on it. The IP address from my Failover wifi WAN is 192.168.1.164. I'm accessing a neighbor's wifi. This IP address appears as the Firewalla IP address which seems a bit strange since my LAN IP is 192.168.66.1. So I think this means that I do have a second DHCP server on my system? Is this a problem?

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