If you want to use the uplink ports you need crossovercables between them and the pfsense. An uplink Port basically is just a "normal" switchport with crossed RX/TX. The problem you encountered can be described as "ear to ear and mouth to mouth" problem. In order to communicate you have to get your devices talking "mouth to ear" and "ear to mouth". Most older Soho hardwarerouters have Switchports so you can plug them to an uplink port. Your pfSense is a "Clientcomputer" that now does routing/firewalling and you can't connect a clientcomputer to the uplink with a straight cable. However, depending on the device (thinking of embedded systems) you are running pfSense on you still might be able to use an uplink switchport and most newer switches do autodiscovery anyway and do the crossing if needed like Bill already said. Conclusion: always be prepared that you might need a crossovercable. Most of "link doesn't go up" issues are cable related.
(I just wanted to get this explained a bit more as I have seen this problem several times, especially with the wrap where people tried to connect a client with a straight cable directly to one of the ports as they had some kind of soho router before) Holger > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Marquette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 7:07 AM > To: discussion@pfsense.com > Subject: Re: [pfSense-discussion] PANIC! problems with OPTx interfaces > > > So called "uplink" ports are meant to plug a switch into another > switch, not a router. Some newer switches also do cable autosense and > will cross the RX/TX pairs if needed (your Linksys probably does > this). > > --Bill > > On 3/3/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, I have seemed to have fixed it, but the solution > makes no sense to me. Perhaps it will make more sense to > those of you with more networking knowledge than I. > > > > All of the cables leaving the PfSense box went to switches. > The one hooked up to the LAN had the cable plug into a > regular port on the LAN switch, all the others were plugged > into the "uplink" port on those switches. > > > > So, when I moved all of the cables from the "uplink" port > on the switches, to a regular port on those switches, all of > a sudden things worked just fine. > > > > Why? I thought the purpose of the uplink was to connect to > a higher "switch" (in this case, the PfSense box a.k.a > router). The former router (a commercial speedstream that the > pfsense box replaces) worked just fine with all the switches > hooked up with the uplink port. Heck, even my pfsense box at > home worked just fine with my linksys switch using the uplink port. > > what is with this ambiguity?! > > > > Anyways, thanks to you all for help. I'm sorry if I may > have caused any problems. > > If anybody knows why what I did works (why the uplink port > seems to be a curse/miracle) please explain, I would love to > know. And besides, if somebody ever has the same problem, and > they search the mailing lists, they'll find the answer. > > Thanks again! > > Anthony > > > > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > From: "Bill Marquette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > So let me get this straight. > > > > > > The cable that's plugged into the LAN nic if unplugged > from LAN and > > > plugged into each of the OPT nics works? Sounds like a switch or > > > cable issue. Have you tried the reverse? Plug the > cables that are in > > > the non-working OPT interfaces into the known working > interface (LAN)? > > > And for that matter, plugging the known working cable > and the known > > > working interface into the switch ports that you are > trying to plug > > > the OPT interfaces in? > > > > > > --Bill > > > > > > On 3/3/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > nope, doesn't fix it. Just upgraded. Still as broke as > it was an hour ago. > > > > The system is a Dell Optiplex (I can't find the model > number at this time) It > > > has a Pentium 3 and a 10 GB harddrive, if that helps at all. > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > > > From: "Scott Ullrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > On 3/3/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > I'm using Beta 1 right now, because I don't think > that upgrading to Beta2 > > > > > would > > > > > > fix this. > > > > > > > > > > Upgrade. There was only 91+ fixes between beta1 and beta2 and > > > > > countless FreeBSD fixes. > > > > > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________ Virus checked by G DATA AntiVirusKit
