might i suggest writing the docs into a wiki format (on the pfsense docu-wiki) so that way the community can maintain them easily?
On 2/7/07, Michael Vrettos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Holger, Hmm.. No offense; all the contrary I think you're absolutely right; this way it will be far easier for the rest of the people to make a lot out of this great software, with far less trouble and frustration. What I'll do, is that I'll redo the whole thing by adding illustration that is very helpful when not familiar with terminology or the software itself, and upload the guide for everybody to use it. You're also right about "vlan1" issue, normally preconfigured for admin/monitoring, etc.. It end up this way by mistake, actual and correct configuration is to start from "vlan2" to "vlanN". So in a couple of days I'll have the document prepared (.pdf) and the only thing is to find out how am I going to upload it. Cheers, Michael -----Mensaje original----- De: Holger Bauer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: Τετάρτη, 7 Φεβρουαρίου 2007 12:54 PM Para: [email protected] Asunto: RE: [pfSense Support] VLAN support Michael, No offense, but how about storing howtos/guides (like described in your mail) at http://doc.pfsense.org and linking to it in your mailanswer next time? At least if the answer is that extensive and general usable. This way the documentation would become more and more complete. Just as an addition, don't use VLAN1 as it often is preconfigured and/or used for special things like administration and so on. Holger > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Vrettos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 11:09 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [pfSense Support] VLAN support > > 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] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
