PFSense adding a tonne to the header
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@stephenw10 I concur have never really seen power next to runs be an issue. Worked in a production plant for many years - and we had all kinds of high electrical noise sorts of equipment and lots of power runs everwhere. I mean we never on purpose ran next to power lines for any serious lengths of a run - but many places where they shared same space and never saw any sort of issues.
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@stephenw10 Yes 100% agree. I doubt my setup should have affected this except for a 0.5m run of ethernet and 240V AC. And yes I know (a bit) about common mode rejection. Electronics 204 if memory serves correctly, my electronics lecturer was a real spanner which is why I remember - but hey - problem gone!!
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Well I'm glad you were able to find it because I would not have suspected that for a second!
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Perhaps reseating the Ethernet plugging during testing provided a better connections.
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@patch I spoke angrily to it as well. That should have left it in no doubt as to what I expected.
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@stephenw10 hehe who knows. I optimise radio networks for a living, and sometimes I turn to the next guy and admit I have zero idea what I did to fix something, but fix it I did, and on to the next one...
In this case VLANs. Boot camp time.
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@youcangetholdofjules one final question - can anyone recommend something better than Powerpoint for drawing a network map. I do have Solarwinds for a different purpose but that seems like using a low yield nuke to open a door with. I need a key.
Network size is around 15 pooters, but using VPNs, bridges and VLANs, so it looks like spaghetti.
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I have used draw.io before. But usually because it's quick and easy not necessarily 'better'. It gets the job done.
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@youcangetholdofjules said in PFSense adding a tonne to the header:
can anyone recommend something better than Powerpoint
In the MS world visio is the tool for network drawings - use it all the time, but its not free.
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@johnpoz thank you both for the reply
