pfSense on Watchguard M270
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Did anyone update to pfsense plus 23.x?
@stephenw10 can you help me? -
It will run 23.01 just fine but, as mentioned, the device hints required for the switch will be lost at upgrade.
You will need to add them back at the console after the reboot. That might be twice coming from 22.05.Steve
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@stephenw10 i did this with the hints and the etherswitch config but it didnt work. The Links are up but no connection to the network
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Also this applies as it's the same switch: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13993
Unlikely you would hit it unless you have two in HA with a direct link. -
Check
etherswitchcfg
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@stephenw10 what show etherswichcfg show me?
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It should show you the current config for the switch.
If it just errors then the switch hasn't been setup correctly.
If it shows something but it's incorrect then the switch setup script probably didn't get run by the shellcmd.The actual output depends how you have it setup.
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@stephenw10 port9 and port10 is in state 1. is it correct?
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If you're using my example script above where the WAN is port 1 and LAN is ports 2-8 then it should look like:
[23.01-RELEASE][root@m270-2.stevew.lan]/root: etherswitchcfg etherswitch0: VLAN mode: PORT port1: state=8<FORWARDING> flags=0<> media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>) status: active port2: state=8<FORWARDING> flags=0<> media: Ethernet autoselect (none) status: no carrier port3: state=8<FORWARDING> flags=0<> media: Ethernet autoselect (none) status: no carrier port4: state=8<FORWARDING> flags=0<> media: Ethernet autoselect (none) status: no carrier port5: state=8<FORWARDING> flags=0<> media: Ethernet autoselect (none) status: no carrier port6: state=8<FORWARDING> flags=0<> media: Ethernet autoselect (none) status: no carrier port7: state=8<FORWARDING> flags=0<> media: Ethernet autoselect (none) status: no carrier port8: state=8<FORWARDING> flags=0<> media: Ethernet autoselect (none) status: no carrier port9: state=8<FORWARDING> flags=1<CPUPORT> media: Ethernet 2500Base-KX <full-duplex> status: active port10: state=8<FORWARDING> flags=1<CPUPORT> media: Ethernet 2500Base-KX <full-duplex> status: active vlangroup1: port: 1 members 9 vlangroup2: port: 2 members 3,4,5,6,7,8,10 vlangroup3: port: 3 members 2,4,5,6,7,8,10 vlangroup4: port: 4 members 2,3,5,6,7,8,10 vlangroup5: port: 5 members 2,3,4,6,7,8,10 vlangroup6: port: 6 members 2,3,4,5,7,8,10 vlangroup7: port: 7 members 2,3,4,5,6,8,10 vlangroup8: port: 8 members 2,3,4,5,6,7,10 vlangroup9: port: 9 members 1 vlangroup10: port: 10 members 2,3,4,5,6,7,8
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Ah, now I recall I had to add those ports to the script in 23.01!
#!/bin/sh # # Script to setup the switch in the M270 # # SteveW 5/6/2020 # echo "Configuring switch..." logger Configuring switch... etherswitchcfg vlangroup1 vlan 1 members 9 etherswitchcfg vlangroup2 vlan 2 members 3,4,5,6,7,8,10 etherswitchcfg vlangroup3 vlan 3 members 2,4,5,6,7,8,10 etherswitchcfg vlangroup4 vlan 4 members 2,3,5,6,7,8,10 etherswitchcfg vlangroup5 vlan 5 members 2,3,4,6,7,8,10 etherswitchcfg vlangroup6 vlan 6 members 2,3,4,5,7,8,10 etherswitchcfg vlangroup7 vlan 7 members 2,3,4,5,6,8,10 etherswitchcfg vlangroup8 vlan 8 members 2,3,4,5,6,7,10 etherswitchcfg vlangroup9 vlan 9 members 1 etherswitchcfg vlangroup10 vlan 10 members 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 etherswitchcfg port1 forwarding etherswitchcfg port2 forwarding etherswitchcfg port3 forwarding etherswitchcfg port4 forwarding etherswitchcfg port5 forwarding etherswitchcfg port6 forwarding etherswitchcfg port7 forwarding etherswitchcfg port8 forwarding etherswitchcfg port9 forwarding etherswitchcfg port10 forwarding echo "done" logger done
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@stephenw10 this looks like my configuration.
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@stephenw10 i just have it. I forgot to forward port 9 and 10. sorry that was my fault
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No that wasn't required in 22.05. Something changed in the switch driver defaults. Probably the same reason for that MDI/X bug.
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@stephenw10 okay, now i added it to my shellcmd. After a test reboot it works fine. Thank you
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Hello,
I tried the whole night to bring me M270 to work.
But I didn't have success.Can you please explain more detailed, what are the steps for get it done?
Thank you so much.
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@shaker
What have you done so far? -
I installed OPNsense, which is very similar to pfSense without issues. The switchports are not able to work by default.
Then I opened "shell" to modify the files you recommended.First I added this code
hint.mdio.0.at="ix1" hint.e6000sw.0.addr=0 hint.e6000sw.0.is6190=1 hint.e6000sw.0.port0disabled=1 hint.e6000sw.0.port9cpu=1 hint.e6000sw.0.port10cpu=1 hint.e6000sw.0.port9speed=2500 hint.e6000sw.0.port10speed=2500
to /boot/device.hints
Then I created the scripts in /usr/local/bin/setup_switch.sh
#!/bin/sh # # Script to setup the switch in the M270 # # SteveW 5/6/2020 # echo "Configuring switch..." logger Configuring switch... etherswitchcfg vlangroup1 vlan 1 members 9 etherswitchcfg vlangroup2 vlan 2 members 3,4,5,6,7,8,10 etherswitchcfg vlangroup3 vlan 3 members 2,4,5,6,7,8,10 etherswitchcfg vlangroup4 vlan 4 members 2,3,5,6,7,8,10 etherswitchcfg vlangroup5 vlan 5 members 2,3,4,6,7,8,10 etherswitchcfg vlangroup6 vlan 6 members 2,3,4,5,7,8,10 etherswitchcfg vlangroup7 vlan 7 members 2,3,4,5,6,8,10 etherswitchcfg vlangroup8 vlan 8 members 2,3,4,5,6,7,10 etherswitchcfg vlangroup9 vlan 9 members 1 etherswitchcfg vlangroup10 vlan 10 members 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 etherswitchcfg port1 forwarding etherswitchcfg port2 forwarding etherswitchcfg port3 forwarding etherswitchcfg port4 forwarding etherswitchcfg port5 forwarding etherswitchcfg port6 forwarding etherswitchcfg port7 forwarding etherswitchcfg port8 forwarding echo "done" logger done
Gave it this:
chmod +x setup_switch.shrun it ./setup_switch.sh
But I get fault:
etherswitchcfg: Can't open control file: /dev/etherswitch0: No such file or directory
More Information:
root@OPNsense:/ # kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 39 0xffffffff80200000 215dc08 kernel 2 1 0xffffffff8235e000 f460 carp.ko 3 1 0xffffffff8236e000 3b18 pflog.ko 4 3 0xffffffff82372000 75240 pf.ko 6 1 0xffffffff82407000 3d648 if_ixv.ko 7 1 0xffffffff82445000 4f610 if_ix.ko 8 1 0xffffffff82495000 4b58 if_enc.ko 9 1 0xffffffff8249a000 ba48 if_gre.ko 10 1 0xffffffff824a6000 18338 if_lagg.ko 11 2 0xffffffff824bf000 3538 if_infiniband.ko 12 1 0xffffffff824c3000 e4d0 if_bridge.ko 13 2 0xffffffff824d2000 7870 bridgestp.ko 14 1 0xffffffff824da000 e318 pfsync.ko 15 1 0xffffffff82720000 3250 ichsmb.ko 16 1 0xffffffff82724000 2180 smbus.ko 17 1 0xffffffff82727000 4700 nullfs.ko
root@OPNsense:/ # ifconfig -a ix0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 description: WAN (wan) options=4803828<VLAN_MTU,JUMBO_MTU,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,NOMAP> ether 00:a0:c9:00:00:02 media: Ethernet autoselect status: no carrier nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> ix1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 description: LAN (lan) options=4803828<VLAN_MTU,JUMBO_MTU,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,NOMAP> ether 34:12:78:56:01:03 inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 media: Ethernet autoselect status: no carrier nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384 options=680003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,LINKSTATE,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6> inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 groups: lo nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> enc0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1536 groups: enc nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> pflog0: flags=20100<PROMISC,PPROMISC> metric 0 mtu 33160 groups: pflog pfsync0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1500 syncpeer: 0.0.0.0 maxupd: 128 defer: off syncok: 1 groups: pfsync
Let me know if you need any other information.
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@shaker
Did you restart after adding the boot hints? -
Yes I gestartet every time I made changes
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OPNSense doesn't have the required drivers to access the switch. The same reason CE won't work. It can only work with pfSense Plus currently.
Steve