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    How to get pfSense WAN to accept VLAN 0

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      That is certainly the intention. You can never be 100% sure but I'd be very surprised if it wasn't at this point.

      Steve

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      • c45p32C
        c45p32
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        I loaded dev snapshot this morning onto my back-up router em0 and wasn't able to connect on VLAN0. I don't have a way to test igb0 without taking my main router down.

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          michaellacroix @c45p32
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          @c45p32 I will be using my test pc this afternoon and it has the em0 driver also. I'll let you know my results also.

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            In my testing here neither igb or em appear to pass vlan0 tagged traffic. It doesn't appear in a pcap.
            But other drivers do and pfSense will accept and respond to that without netgraph.

            So as I understand it the script does work in Opnsense / FreeBSD 13.1?
            Can someone confirm that?

            If so it's either a regression in 14 or they have patched it themselves. Or they are using the kmod non-iflib driver.

            Steve

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              Jarhead @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10 Opnsense works with em and vlan0.

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                Schwiing @Jarhead
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                @jarhead Hasn't Opnsense not had this problem at all (natively working with VLAN0)?

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                  Jarhead @Schwiing
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                  @schwiing Just since moving to FreeBSD 13. Had the same issue before 13 though, ie not accepting vlan0.

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                    Schwiing @Jarhead
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                    @jarhead Sounds right. I'd assume then with PFsense going to FreeBSD 14, this should be solved...maybe i wont need a switch between the ONT and Router.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @Jarhead
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                      @jarhead said in How to get pfSense WAN to accept VLAN 0:

                      Opnsense works with em and vlan0

                      And also without requiring a netgraph script?

                      @schwiing said in How to get pfSense WAN to accept VLAN 0:

                      I'd assume then with PFsense going to FreeBSD 14, this should be solved...

                      You would think but it doesn't appear to be the case so there must be more involved here.

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                        Jarhead @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 said in How to get pfSense WAN to accept VLAN 0:

                        @jarhead said in How to get pfSense WAN to accept VLAN 0:

                        Opnsense works with em and vlan0

                        And also without requiring a netgraph script?

                        Correct.

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          Hmm, looks like they are using identical drivers.

                          Did you test with em or igb specifically? Though they are the same driver.... except if they're not!

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                            Schwiing @stephenw10
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                            @stephenw10 would anyone be able to test with ix?

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                              It works with ix with the netgraph script in 2.6 and I expect it to work with ix without a script in 2.7 because main has the vlan0 dhclient patch.

                              It's worth trying that on em/igb too since I can't see any different there. Though I can't see how it could work given it doesn't even appear in a pcap. I could be missing something....

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                              • c45p32C
                                c45p32
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                                I loaded opnsense onto that same backup router and I can’t get it to work on em0. I even went into the attic, got the ISP router to formally release the IP and still no go. So not sure how people are getting it to work on opnsense. I’m on Frontier fiber College Station, Texas.

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                  Ah, well that would make more sense. Still seem to be conflicting reports.

                                  I suspect there are other issues at work and people have just assumed it was the e1000 driver problem because that's known to exist.

                                  As far as I can see the new CE snapshots should respond exactly like the current OPNSense does. Still running some tests though.

                                  Steve

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                                    Jarhead @stephenw10
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                                    @stephenw10 said in How to get pfSense WAN to accept VLAN 0:

                                    Hmm, looks like they are using identical drivers.

                                    Did you test with em or igb specifically? Though they are the same driver.... except if they're not!

                                    I use a Protectli Vault with em interfaces.
                                    Plug it right into the ONT and it works.

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                                      Jarhead @c45p32
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                                      @c45p32 said in How to get pfSense WAN to accept VLAN 0:

                                      I loaded opnsense onto that same backup router and I can’t get it to work on em0. I even went into the attic, got the ISP router to formally release the IP and still no go. So not sure how people are getting it to work on opnsense. I’m on Frontier fiber College Station, Texas.

                                      What version of Opnsense?
                                      I see the latest has all kinds of problems.
                                      Try 22.7. Works with em drivers. Plug drirectly into the ONT.

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                        If you run a pcap can you see the vlan0 tagged dhcp responses?

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                                          michaellacroix @stephenw10
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                                          @stephenw10

                                          I just tested the latest pfsense dev image using em0 as my wan interface and it was able to pickup an IP address. I'm using frontier fiber and was directly connected to the ONT.
                                          This is hopeful...

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                            Yes that is useful.

                                            It would be very interesting to see if those DHCP replies appear in a pcap. I wasn't able to see vlan0 tagged pings but perhaps some off-loading allows the udp dhcp packets....

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