maybe i understand how vlan works in pfsense, actually pfsense creates multilple virtual network interface, and one vlan one virtual network interface.
so my question is . can all the vlans share the same config file , that means all the vlans will have same ip range, can ? thanks very much , On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Pim van Stam <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2 apr. 2012, at 10:07, Bill Yuan wrote: > > > thanks for your quick reply, > > > > i am not an networking engineer, and in this field ,i m totally a newbie. > > by read some article and books. i understand usually people use vlan to > stop the unnecessary broadcasting. > > but for me, it's simple , just to have the vlan. actually i bought a > cheap switch for this purpose. > > > > back to the topic, > > > > the pfsense has the ability to control multiple vlans at the same time, > that means the pfsense can allow multiple devices from different vlans go > through. <-----------this is what i want. > > > > so I created two vlans on switch, vlan 1 and vlan 2, also i configured > two vlans on pfsense. now there are two new virtual network interfaces ( > em1_vlan1 em1_vlan2,) > > > > all I want to have is my laptop1 can connect to vlan1 and go though the > pfsense by em1_vlan1 interface. > > > > > > i don't understand why i need vlan0 for wifi. my pc where the pfsense > is hosted on is using wifi to connect to the internet. > > and my laptops are using wire. > > > > ah, ok that's the WAN side then. You don't need vlan for wifi in that > case. I thought it was on the LAN side. > > > > > > > > > > and every vlan should have it's own range, that's very helpful , thanks > again. > > > > Good luck. > > Regards, Pim > > > > > > Best Regards, > > BYCN82 > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Pim van Stam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 2 apr. 2012, at 06:42, Bill Yuan wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I have tried for the whole weekend to make the my pfsense work with > vlans in vmware, but still failed. > > > > > > here is the network structure. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am using a vmware workstation 8 on PC. and the LAN NIC is "Realtek > 8169", > > > > > > > > > currently , on switch Port 1 2 8 are in vlan1 > > > Port 3 4 8 are in vlan2, > > > > > > Laptop 1 is using port 1 > > > Laptop 2 is using port 3 > > > PC is using port 8 of the switch. > > > > > > and I created two vlans in pfsense, that means in pfsense ,so there > are em1_vlan1 and em1_vlan2 , > > > > > > so I want to know is it possible that the traffic from laptop1 will > use em1_vlan1 and laptop2 will use em1_vlan2, > > > > > > currently i am still don't know why my vlan setting doesn't work. > > > > > > I am really need help on this , ths in advance. > > > > > > I'm afraid you missed the concepts of vlan's. A vlan is a separated > network (LAN). To separate the networks vlan tags are used in stead of > different switches. > > * a vlan has it's own IP range > > * traffic between vlan's must be routed by a router. > > > > Why do you want to use vlan's? For learning purposes? > > > > If so: > > vlan 0: > > * create vlan0 > > * connect wifi access point to vlan 0 switch port > > * AP at 192.168.0.2 > > * em1_vlan0 on pfsense at 192.168.0.1 > > > > vlan 1: > > * laptop 1 at 192.168.1.4; > > * define em1_vlan1 in pfsense with ip 192.168.1.1 > > > > vlan 2: > > * laptop 2 at 192.168.2.5 > > * define em1_vlan2 in pfsense with ip 192.168.2.1 > > > > The pc must be in clan 1 or vlan2, both is not sensible > > Wifi is in separate vlan (vlan0) > > > > in pfsense: > > * define vlan's > > * configure the vlan interfaces (OPTx) > > * define firewall rules, otherwise there will be no traffic at all > > * define outbound NAT rules if all vlan's must be capable of access the > WAN > > * define the DHCP server settings for all van's > > > > Does this help? > > > > Regards, Pim > > > > > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > BYCN82 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > List mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > List mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > List mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list >
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