Newb Netgate 1537 6-LAN Config
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We have had a 1Gb fiber internet in our two high-rises and our old ISP provided a Juniper firewall. We are moving to our city's municipal internet with a 5Gb fiber, but they don't provide a firewall. I bought a netgate 1537 with the 4 1Gb expansion board. We have 6 Cisco switches and I planned to have each on its own port. I have the ports setup, but I can't seem to get DHCP and routing working correctly. I've read through the documentation and can't believe that I can't figure it out...
Can anyone point me to the right place? I really appreciate any help that I can get!
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@jimn9879 You need to give us a bit more config info than that. Like - do you have the 6 interfaces activated/enabled? What are your network addresses on these 6 ports? Do you have the DHCP server running on all 6 interfaces? What network subnet mask size did you use (a size /24 is a good start)? Did you factory reset the Cisco switches before connecting them to pfsense? Are you using any VLANs in your setup? Are your network cables tested good?
See what I'm saying? There's lots of info missing...
Do you already have all of this gear racked and installed? If not, maybe setup and test on a stand-alone table, isolated from the rest of the network stuff. It would be really easy to do this on a table top, with the pfsense box and 6 switches stacked in a pile. Test with a laptop to make sure you're getting the correct network behavior, then put it all back in your network closet.
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@akuma1x Thank you for your reply. I have the WAN with a 10Gb SFP on ix0 plugged into the new 5Gb fiber ONT. I have igb0 configured as LAN and it is routing properly. I have the other 5 1Gb interfaces enabled with names LAN01 - LAN05 and addresses 10.0.10.1/24, 10.0.20.1/24, 10.0.30.1/24, etc. I have DHCP started on all 6 and it is working now. I have the pfsense box on my desktop with two laptops testing each interface.
I cannot route from any of the other 1Gb interfaces. The only difference I can see is IPv6 Configuration Type. LAN is set to "Track Interface" and the others are DHCP6 since I can't have more than one as Track Interface. Is this part of my problem?
The Cisco switches are still in production on the Juniper on the old 1Gb fiber ONT.