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MKZ
Asked: 2018-02-02 04:16:41 +0800 CST

Change External NIC to Public on Windows Server 2016

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I've got a cloud network: 192.168.100.0/24 with:

  • Pfsense GW (IPSec site-to-site)
  • NIC1 = WAN-IP1 (fully blocked except IPSec)
  • NIC2 = 192.168.100.1
  • DC (WinServer2016)
  • NIC1 = WAN-IP2 (external)
  • NIC2 = 192.168.100.2 with Pfsense as GW (internal)

In Windows Network Sharing Center I've disabled the External NIC for obvious security reasons.

However I would like to change my NIC1 & firewall that it can get updates and other important traffic. Why not over the Pfsense? Due to bandwith limitations of my provider and VPS's.

How can I change my external NIC (NIC1 on WinServer2016) to only allow outgoing updates traffic?

edit: Removed suggestion to use Public profile

domain-controller

1 Answers

  1. You can use the PowerShell cmdlets Get-NetConnectionProfile to get your connection alias and index and Set-NetConnectionProfile -InterfaceAlias [whatever your alias is] -NetworkCategory Public to change the profile to public. as per @Lenniey - seems a bit iffy though.

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