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      bp81
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      According to the literature, the 6100 has the following network ports:

      2x SFP/RJ-45 combo ports
      2x 10 GbE SFP+ ports
      4x 2.5 GbE ports

      I am wondering how many actual interfaces this box has. I suspect that the each combo port is an interface, and that each SFP+ is an interface. That makes for 4. The 4x 2.5 GbE ports, are those each an interface as well, or is that a single interface with an integrated 4 port switch?

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @bp81
        last edited by johnpoz

        @bp81 well according to the specs right on the 6100 page it clearly states they are independent and "not" switched

        https://shop.netgate.com/products/6100-base-pfsense

        (2) 10 Gbps SFP+ cage (WAN)

        (2) Auto media detect 1 Gbps (RJ45 copper / SFP fiber) "Combo Port" (WAN)

        (4) 2.5 Gbps RJ-45 "direct" (unswitched) ethernet (LAN)

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          gabacho4 Rebel Alliance @bp81
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          @bp81 this should explain it

          https://youtu.be/5AidO5Zj0Yo

          And

          https://youtu.be/9MTFG0sgcZ8

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            bp81 @johnpoz
            last edited by

            @johnpoz said in Interfaces on the SG-6100:

            @bp81 well according to the specs right on the 6100 page it clearly states they are independent and "not" switched

            https://shop.netgate.com/products/6100-base-pfsense

            (2) 10 Gbps SFP+ cage (WAN)

            (2) Auto media detect 1 Gbps (RJ45 copper / SFP fiber) "Combo Port" (WAN)

            (4) 2.5 Gbps RJ-45 "direct" (unswitched) ethernet (LAN)

            The specs page I was going off of here: https://www.netgate.com/pfsense-plus-software/how-to-buy#appliances didn't specifically mention, though it was implied. Thanks for the link.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by stephenw10

              It has 8 NICs with no switch.
              4x igc NICs at up to 2.5G
              4x ix NICs where 2 are 10G SFP+ and 2 are 1G combo ports.

              [21.09-RC][admin@6100.stevew.lan]/root: ifconfig -am
igc0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=8120b8<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER>
	capabilities=f53fbb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,NETMAP,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
	ether 00:08:a2:12:17:7a
	media: Ethernet autoselect (2500Base-T <full-duplex>)
	status: active
	supported media:
		media autoselect
		media 2500Base-T
		media 1000baseT
		media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex
		media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex
		media 100baseTX
		media 10baseT/UTP mediaopt full-duplex
		media 10baseT/UTP
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
igc1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=8120b8<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER>
	capabilities=f53fbb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,NETMAP,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
	ether 00:08:a2:12:17:7a
	hwaddr 00:08:a2:12:17:7b
	media: Ethernet autoselect (2500Base-T <full-duplex>)
	status: active
	supported media:
		media autoselect
		media 2500Base-T
		media 1000baseT
		media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex
		media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex
		media 100baseTX
		media 10baseT/UTP mediaopt full-duplex
		media 10baseT/UTP
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
igc2: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	description: OPT3
	options=8120b8<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER>
	capabilities=f53fbb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,NETMAP,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
	ether 00:08:a2:12:17:7c
	inet6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe12:177c%igc2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
	media: Ethernet 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex>
	status: active
	supported media:
		media autoselect
		media 2500Base-T
		media 1000baseT
		media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex
		media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex
		media 100baseTX
		media 10baseT/UTP mediaopt full-duplex
		media 10baseT/UTP
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
igc3: flags=28943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,PPROMISC> metric 0 mtu 1500
	description: OPT4
	options=8120b8<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER>
	capabilities=f53fbb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,NETMAP,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
	ether 00:08:a2:12:17:7d
	inet6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe12:177d%igc3 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
	inet 192.168.78.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.78.255
	media: Ethernet autoselect
	status: no carrier
	supported media:
		media autoselect
		media 2500Base-T
		media 1000baseT
		media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex
		media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex
		media 100baseTX
		media 10baseT/UTP mediaopt full-duplex
		media 10baseT/UTP
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
ix0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=8138b8<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER>
	capabilities=f53fbb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,NETMAP,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
	ether 00:08:a2:12:17:7e
	media: Ethernet autoselect
	status: no carrier
	supported media:
		media autoselect
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
ix1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	description: IX1
	options=8138b8<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER>
	capabilities=f53fbb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,NETMAP,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
	ether 00:08:a2:12:17:7f
	inet6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe12:177f%ix1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
	inet 192.168.79.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.79.255
	media: Ethernet autoselect
	status: no carrier
	supported media:
		media autoselect
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
ix2: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	description: LAN
	options=8138b8<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER>
	capabilities=f53fbb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,NETMAP,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
	ether 00:08:a2:12:17:80
	inet6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe12:1780%ix2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7
	inet 192.168.241.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.241.255
	media: Ethernet autoselect
	status: no carrier
	supported media:
		media autoselect
		media 10baseT/UTP
		media 100baseTX
		media 1000baseT
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
ix3: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	description: WAN
	options=8138b8<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER>
	capabilities=f53fbb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,NETMAP,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
	ether 00:08:a2:12:17:81
	inet6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe12:1781%ix3 prefixlen 64 tentative scopeid 0x8
	inet 172.21.16.246 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.21.16.255
	inet 172.21.16.247 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 172.21.16.247 vhid 5
	carp: MASTER vhid 5 advbase 1 advskew 0
	media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex,rxpause,txpause>)
	status: active
	supported media:
		media autoselect
		media 10baseT/UTP
		media 100baseTX
		media 1000baseT
	nd6 options=2b<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>

              Steve

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