Subj : Rabbit Hole Ahoy!
To   : Accession
From : Vorlon
Date : Wed Aug 07 2024 11:06:58

Hello Accession!

06 Aug 24 17:13, you wrote to me:

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

 Ac> outside of the server machine?

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

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

Do you have a network switch with all your gear conncted to (Not the router)?

Ie:

Cable Modem ---> router ---> Network swicth (4 or more ports) === All other gear

Or is your setup:

Cable modem --> router --> all other gear

How many other devices are on your network (Wired/WiFi)?

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

You only need a second nic in your server. Here are some screen shots of my setup.

http://vk3heg.net/pfs/

A normal vm on your server would be connected to vswitch0 (VM Network), and only that single nic.

Pfsense is connected like this:

Nic 1: vswicth0 (VM network)
Nic 2: Physical Nic2 to your cable modem.

You'll see in my screen shots, that nic2 is called "WAN" (vswitch1 in my case. I have just renamed it)

BTw: If your using the wifi from your router, you'll need a dedicated wifi access point (Unless your router can work as a AP
as well. Some can. You'll have to look in it's config or try just connecting it back to your network via one of the lan ports
and leave the WAN port disconnected).


Vorlon


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