fpsense firewall/router in Equinix CO LO
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Using pfsense in an Equinix CO LO Data Center....
Complete newbe to Equinix and setting up the pfsense devices as our L2 Gateway devices....
We have two TOR switch for our internal private networks, the goal is the have two 7100 pfsense device in front of the switches....
What are the disadvantages of using the pfsense device as our L2 deivce?
https://docs.equinix.com/en-us/Content/Interconnection/EC/EC-config-options.htm
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pfSense is primarily a Layer 3 router and firewall. You are planning to use this as a Layer 2 firewall? That seems unlikely given the link but it's unclear.
Steve
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@stephenw10 - the hope was to have the pfsense as our front end, but l2 functionality is required...
So we now need to go L2 to pfsense to L3 switch(TOR).
I have seen a few post using psfense/TNSR on Equinix Metal so I hope to find/post more on this in the future.
Thanks
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If you actually want to filter at Layer 2, by MAC address, then the options in pfSense are limited.
However I'm not why you'd want to do that which makes me think I've failed to understand exactly how you would be using it.
Steve
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Based on everything I have been finding the pfsense would not be the best option.
Our plan now is to have a Layer 2 switch in front of the pfsense device and block/forward/route traffic based on the pfsense firewall rules to our top of rack switches.
Gathering information and opinions at this point to make sure we are using the correct device for the correct role/purpose.
Thanks
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Ok, that should work. What sort of bandwidth do you need to pass?
