@dhenzler said in Accessing my own content... when hosting on my server.:
Layer 3 (smart switching) remembers configurations to make faster routing of data.
huh? Are you routing at your layer 3 switch or pfsense.. To be honest in a home network, unless your like doing above 1gig where what your running pfsense can not handle it.. There is little reason to do internal routing.
And in almost every case I have seen around here people that attempt it are doing it such a way that they create asymmetrical routing. If you going to route on a downstream device it should be connected to pfsense with a transit or also called a connector network..
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If your not, then yeah your more than likely causing all sorts of issues in your network.
I do routing and switching for a living and I have a layer 3 switch capable of routing, so for me its something I could setup with my eyes closed so to speak.. I don't do it, because it doesn't make any sense in my network and it removes the ability to easy firewall between segments like you can do if your routing with pfsense.
So while its nice that your switch could route, unless you have a specific reason to actual route on it, your prob just causing yourself pain.