Hi there, We've have a pfsense setup with vlans to engage 6 adsl lines + lan + wifi to a 3 nics Server (2 x 10/100 + 1 Gbit)
To accomplish a similar setup you need a vlan capable switch. We did that with a netgear smart switch http://www.netgear.com/Products/Switches/SmartSwitches/FS726T.aspx Once you become familiar with your vlan switch you must setup your desired vlans. In our case we only using the switch to connect our adsl lines with 1 of the server nics (10/100). We connect the other 10/100 nic with a wifi AP and the remaining gigabit nic with our LAN switches. We don't use the 10/100 nic directly in pfsense.. we rather created vlans based on that nic.. vlan1 to vlan6; vlan1 --> wan, vlan2 --> opt1, ..vlan6 --> opt5 (we renamed opt1 to wan2, etc.). IMPORTANT: USE SAME VLAN NAMES in your switch!.. meaning that if you create "vlan1" in pfsense then you need to do the same in the switch (switch "vlan1"). Our netgear setup was straight forward.. we dedicated switch ports 1-6 to the adsl modem/routers and port 24 for the pfsense nic, creating vlan1 = switch port1 --> switch port24, ... vlan6 = switch port6 --> switch port24. Then we connected adsl modem1 to switch port1 and so on. Every modem has a lan side ip of type 192.168.x0.1/255.255.255.0 So modem 1 has ip 192.168.20.1 and vlan1 interface in pfsense (dedicated to wan) has ip 192.168.20.10 with GW 192.168.20.1 (adsl modem's ip).. modem 2 has ip 192.168.30.1 and vlan2 interface in pfsense (dedicated to opt1) has ip 192.168.30.10 with GW 192.168.30.1 (adsl modem's 2 ip)..and so on. After that you need to setup pfsense for load balancing if you like and/or port forwarding + some other things..(ftp helper, squid, etc.). In any case, you are right about lack of detailed howtos!! Regards Michael Vrettos Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spain - +34 626544403 Hellas - +30 6978557240 My status Get Skype and call me for free. -----Mensaje original----- De: Joseph Favia Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: Τετάρτη, 7 Φεβρουαρίου 2007 10:16 AM Para: [email protected] Asunto: [pfSense Support] VLAN support Hi, My pfsense machine has only got 3 physical interfaces and now I need another network on which I've got to place a few new servers. Is there any other method of defining an extra network without having to open up my hardware? I read there is VLAN support in PFSENSE, but cannot find any documentation on how to set things up. Does anyone have any pointers or instructions? I'd like to define two virtual addresses on the same network card and use them as separate LANS. Thanks Joe --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
