Subj : Rabbit Hole Ahoy!
To   : Vorlon
From : Accession
Date : Mon Aug 05 2024 16:47:40

On Sun, 4 Aug 2024 21:08:34 +1000, you wrote:

 V> If you don't want to get hardware for it, or can handle the router being
 V> on your VM host.
 V> There is this:

 V> https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/virtualize-esxi.html#virtualizing-pfsense-with-vmware-vsphere-esxi

That doesn't look like a bad option, either.

 V> The only limitation is requiring two nic's on the server, and the server
 V> it's self having to be up for the internet to work.

How would that work?

Do you treat one as incoming from the wall, run it through pfsense, and then use the other as outgoing to like a 4 port switch or something to feed the rest of the house?

Then, what about the other VMs on that same machine running esxi?

Regards,
Nick

.... Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.
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