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chase3
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February 25, 2026
Question

New ISP, got WAN and LAN network blocks.

  • February 25, 2026
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Hi,

We are moving to a new ISP, and they have provided us with WAN and LAN network blocks. Normally when we order a new circuit, we get one block with however many available IPs we need.

From what I can tell, the WAN block gets configured in our WAN interface(tested this, verified working), and we pick out a LAN IP from our LAN block to use for our VIPs.

Is this correct? It sounds like the ISP routes the LAN block to our WAN block if i am understanding this correctly.

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funkylicious
SuperUser
SuperUser
February 25, 2026

hi,

usually the lan block is the customer's choice and should not concern the ISP since the traffic would be NAT'ed, unless you have a public LAN block assigned to you.

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