Subj : Rabbit Hole Ahoy!
To   : Vorlon
From : Accession
Date : Tue Aug 06 2024 17:13:56

On Tue, 6 Aug 2024 19:15:50 +1000, you wrote:

 V> One of the nic's is to the wall (network termination device) and is
 V> added to pfsense. Then another virtual nic is
 V> added to pfsense just like any of your current vm's have, on the servers
 V> virtual switch.

I guess I may have worded my original questions wrong.

How would I get wired internet to any other computers in the house, outside of the server machine?

 V> The servers normal nic is still conncted to your local network as normal.

Through what, a 4 (or more) port switch to feed other computers?

For example, right now my cat6 cable goes from the wall to my modem, then to my router which has 4 ports on it to feed my server machine (which has virtual NICs, of course, to feed whatever VMs I have), and 3 other separate computers.

If I remove the router, and run the cat6 from the modem to the server machine running pfsense, Then I would need some kind of 4 port switch off the other NIC on the server machine to feed the rest of the house, correct?

I don't feel like crawling under the desk right now, but I'm fairly certain my server machine already has two NICs.

Regards,
Nick

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