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Then click on the WAN interface name (i.e. click on "WAN" if you have called it like that) and enable it.
 
For the IPv4 configuration type select "PPoEPPPoE". And for the [[IPv6 Configuration]] Type select "DHCP6".
 
Ensure that "Use IPv4 connectivity as parent interface" is selected.
 
In the PPoEPPPoE configuration section enter your username and password (as given by A&A) and ensure that "dial on demand" is validated and that the idle timeout is set to 0.
 
You should get a configuration screen similar to this:
Finally, click on the save button.
 
''Note: In previous versions of pfSense (2.1.0 and 2.1.1) this was a bit buggy and pfSense was getting mixed up in the PPoEPPPoE interface assignment. So you often had to manually define the PPoEPPPoE interface by creating it in the PPP tab of the "Interfaces -> (assign)" page. But this seems to work reasonably well now.''
 
 
=== Updating the LAN settings ===
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