Subj : Rabbit Hole Ahoy!
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Accession
Date : Tue Aug 06 2024 17:20:54

On Tue, 6 Aug 2024 12:18:00 -0700, you wrote:

 pF> That's where I get lost - I've seen tutorials using OpenSense, a
 pF> virtualization platform like Proxmox, and they used one network cable
 pF> running from the cable modem to the Proxmox server. They must have
 pF> created two virtual bridges, one for traffic from the router to the
 pF> firewall instance, and another virtual bridge to the LAN on the same
 pF> wire.

One cable to supply the internets to the virtualization platform (better yet, directly to pfsense), then a virtual bridge created for any other VMs on that same machine, but then /another/ bridge would probably need to be created for the rest of the LAN *outside* of the virtualization platform, ie other computers.

This is more confusing than I thought it would be. :)

 pF> Other people just use a 2-port NIC, have one NIC for traffic from the
 pF> modem and another for the LAN side of the firewall.

Uh huh. Where does that go, though, if you want your entire LAN to pass through pfsense, first? See where I'm going with this? Refer to my previous message to Vorlon asking specifics in regards to this.

I've definitely stumped myself, unless I'm on the right track in my previous message.

Regards,
Nick

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