No DHCP on pfSense VLAN with Cisco Smart Switch

Cannondale

@pete35 said in No DHCP on pfSense VLAN with Cisco Smart Switch:

Maybe we can do another configuration

Working on it now

Cannondale

@pete35 said in No DHCP on pfSense VLAN with Cisco Smart Switch:

Your workstation should be able to get an IP DHCP address from Pfsense in this VLAN 10

Got a vlan10 IP on the workstation. Didn't need to reconfigure the switch for vlan10 as port 23 and 24 were already configured for vlan10.

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pete35

@Cannondale
That sounds good. Add more vlan 10 access ports to connect your servers and so on.
Until you find another solution with that tagging issue, this is as good as a trunked port and seperates the traffic.
Dont forget to add some firewall rules to limit the access to vlan 10 if you need this. Pfsense will route between Vlans.

pete35

@Cannondale said in No DHCP on pfSense VLAN with Cisco Smart Switch:

wireshark doesn't seem to be noob friendly. I'm in a "packets must be specified" loop!

@Cannondale
this sounds interesting. if you startup wireshark on your interface of a workstation, it should work out of the box. So maybe there is something crazy on your network at all. Did you select the correct running interface?

if you generate a tcpdump file with "tcpdump -i interface -e -w dumpfile.pcap" you can open it with wireshark and you can save captured wireshark packets into a file for later analysis.

Cannondale

@pete35
Plugged the test Linux workstation into switch port 20 (vlan20).
I was able to create a dumpfile.pcap file on pfSense and open it on another machine in Wireshark. As a non-Network Engineer, what should I look for?

Cannondale

@pete35 said in No DHCP on pfSense VLAN with Cisco Smart Switch:

if you startup wireshark on your interface of a workstation, it should work out of the box.

This is what I was seeing after entering some host information:

pete35

@Cannondale

looks like it needs some more parameters on startup or needs some more priviledges (root?)
check the "-c" parameter and maybe check all this here:
https://adamtheautomator.com/wireshark-linux/

pete35

@Cannondale said in No DHCP on pfSense VLAN with Cisco Smart Switch:

Plugged the test Linux workstation into switch port 20 (vlan20).

Do you need another vlan ? Or is this just for investigation?
You can configure another vlan with the same trick, if you have more interfaces on the pfsense.

If you can, you may wipe out the whole configuration on the switch and reset it to an initial state. Configure it then only on the GUI. There are a lot of configuration options, maybe not shown on the cli. So if something is hidden, it may influence this crazy vlan issue.

https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/csbss/sf_sg250/quick_start/guide/en_US/78-100762-01A0.pdf

Cannondale

@pete35 said in No DHCP on pfSense VLAN with Cisco Smart Switch:

Do you need another vlan ? Or is this just for investigation?

Both. Ultimately need to confirm whether the switch is having an issue with tags. If not a config issue, I will replace it.

@pete35 said in No DHCP on pfSense VLAN with Cisco Smart Switch:

You can configure another vlan with the same trick, if you have more interfaces on the pfsense.

Understood. I'm not a network expert but I recall that this is called segmentation. My quad port card in the pfSence server is full now. It appears that using additional NIC ports to segregate the LAN is a hardware approach as opposed to the vlan approach. My preference would be to use vlans unless a particular use case suggests that segmentation would work better.

Cannondale

@pete35 said in No DHCP on pfSense VLAN with Cisco Smart Switch:

looks like it needs some more parameters on startup or needs some more priviledges (root?)
check the "-c" parameter and maybe check all this here:
https://adamtheautomator.com/wireshark-linux/

Thanks for the link! I'll check it out.

Jarhead

@Cannondale I just skimmed this thread so I may have missed it but have you tried putting 2 ports in the same vlan and see if they can communicate?

Cannondale

@Jarhead said in No DHCP on pfSense VLAN with Cisco Smart Switch:

have you tried putting 2 ports in the same vlan and see if they can communicate?

Thanks for chiming in Jarhead. Yes. Two untagged ports can communicate on a vlan. One connected to pfSense and the other connected to a Linux workstation.

johnpoz

@Cannondale Ok my sg250-08HP just got here.. clickly clicky running a vlan10..

So either your switch is borked or you are doing something odd that we are missing... I didn't do anything to the switch other than boot it, give it an IP 192.168.200.9.. Plugged it into my igb4 interface that has 192.168.200.1/24

Setup a vlan with 172.16.10.253/24 enabled dhcp..

switchf65809#term datadump                            
switchf65809#sho run
config-file-header
switchf65809
v2.5.8.15 / RCBS3.1_930_871_084
CLI v1.0
file SSD indicator encrypted
@
ssd-control-start
ssd config
ssd file passphrase control unrestricted
no ssd file integrity control
ssd-control-end cb0a3fdb1f3a1af4e4430033719968c0
!
!
unit-type-control-start
unit-type unit 1 network gi uplink none
unit-type-control-end
!
vlan database
vlan 10
exit
voice vlan state auto-triggered
voice vlan oui-table add 0001e3 Siemens_AG_phone
voice vlan oui-table add 00036b Cisco_phone
voice vlan oui-table add 00096e Avaya
voice vlan oui-table add 000fe2 H3C_Aolynk
voice vlan oui-table add 0060b9 Philips_and_NEC_AG_phone
voice vlan oui-table add 00d01e Pingtel_phone
voice vlan oui-table add 00e075 Polycom/Veritel_phone
voice vlan oui-table add 00e0bb 3Com_phone
hostname switchf65809
username user password encrypted $15$RNkCnVXJLcID4IKT$EDhJvPxPXJSsrsKvB8y0SMuwEaQn2SVckrVGzq6WfpOactj45CrUSHkc7nLpQAuAkdP72MS+2pTULQy7rIavcg== privilege 15
ip ssh server
sntp server 192.168.3.32 poll
ip name-server  192.168.200.1
!
interface vlan 1
 ip address 192.168.200.9 255.255.255.0
 no ip address dhcp
!
interface GigabitEthernet1
 switchport mode trunk
 switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,10
!
interface GigabitEthernet8
 switchport access vlan 10
!
exit
macro auto controlled
ip default-gateway 192.168.200.1
switchf65809#

Now its currently running 2.5.8.15, plug into port 8 get an IP on the 172.16.10 network, plug into port 7 get an IP of vlan 1, 192.168.200..

Going to update it to latest version - brb

edit: ok back on 2.5.9.16, all working just fine..

edit2: here is the dhcp from client I plugged into port 8 on the sg250, you can see it got an IP from my vlan 10 I setup on pfsense

May 27 17:09:49 	dhcpd 	98873 	DHCPACK on 172.16.10.11 to d0:37:45:0e:8c:be via igb4.10
May 27 17:09:49 	dhcpd 	98873 	DHCPREQUEST for 172.16.10.11 (172.16.10.253) from d0:37:45:0e:8c:be via igb4.10
May 27 17:09:49 	dhcpd 	98873 	DHCPOFFER on 172.16.10.11 to d0:37:45:0e:8c:be via igb4.10
May 27 17:09:48 	dhcpd 	98873 	DHCPDISCOVER from d0:37:45:0e:8c:be via igb4.10

Cannondale

@johnpoz

Sorry for the delay in responding. Just got back into town after traveling. Thanks for the additional information. Very helpful!
I have an SG300 that arrived yesterday and still in a box. Will spark it up today to see what I find and report back.

johnpoz

@Cannondale one thing nice about the sg300 is shows pvid info ;)

Both in the gui, and from cli

That the gui lists P in the legend, but then doesn't show it, and the cli showing this confusing as hell

Port : gi8
Port Mode: 
Gvrp Status: disabled
Ingress Filtering: true
Acceptable Frame Type: admitAll
Ingress UnTagged VLAN ( NATIVE ): 1
 
Port is member in: 
 
Vlan               Name               Egress rule     Added by     
---- -------------------------------- ----------- ---------------- 
 10                 10                 Untagged          S

When I look at a interface with vlan on my sg300

Port : gi1
Port Mode: Access 
Gvrp Status: disabled
Ingress Filtering: true
Acceptable Frame Type: admitAll
Ingress UnTagged VLAN ( NATIVE ): 99
 
Port is member in: 
 
Vlan               Name               Egress rule     Added by     
---- -------------------------------- ----------- ---------------- 
 99                wan                 Untagged          S         

 
Forbidden VLANS: 
Vlan               Name               
---- --------------------------------

That being said - I had no issues setting a interface to access in a vlan on the sg250, and it working as it should with the vlan tagged to pfsense via "trunk" port.. Even though the cli output is bonkers ;)

There is clearly room for improvement in the info they show in the gui and the cli on the 250.. Why is showing the ingress untagged vlan as 1, when clearly that could not be the case if the interface is access in vlan 10..

Notice on the 300, it shows the native same as the vlan used for egress as untagged.

Cannondale

@johnpoz Got the SG300 up and running. Firmware and boot code were quite old (fw 1.2.9.44 and bc 1.1.0.6).
Upgraded both to the latest releases (fw 1.4.11.5 and bc 1.3.5.06), which was a feat in it self! Too bad Cisco hasn’t upgraded the firmware in the last three years!

P in the legend, but then doesn't show it, and the cli showing this confusing as hell

I definitely see what you mean!

Created the following test vlans on the switch:
Note: igb1 is the Main Lan in pfSense

VLAN10 (Test1)
Switch port 23, Trunk mode, Tagged, connected to pfSense VLAN10 (igb2)
Switch port 24, Access mode, Untagged, connected to Linux workstation
Wide open firewall rule for VLAN10

Test results: DHCP works as expected and provides Linux workstation IP

VLAN20 (Test2)
Switch port 51, Trunk mode, Tagged, connected to pfSense igb1 (Main Lan)
Switch port 46, Access mode, Untagged, connected to Linux workstation
Wide open firewall rule for VLAN20

Test results: No DHCPREQUEST in pfSense DHCP log, no IP provided to Linux workstation

I must be missing something stupid simple?

sw pvm vl20.png

pfs int ass.png

pfs int vl20.png

pfs dhcp vl20.png

pfs fw vl20.png

mvikman

@Cannondale said in No DHCP on pfSense VLAN with Cisco Smart Switch:

Upgraded both to the latest releases (fw 1.4.11.5 and bc 1.3.5.06), which was a feat in it self! Too bad Cisco hasn’t upgraded the firmware in the last three years!

Well, It has been in End-of-Sale since October 2018, End of Software Maintenance was October 2019 and End of Support is October 2023.
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/small-business-300-series-managed-switches/eos-eol-notice-c51-740542.html

So the Main LAN still works from the igb1, but just not the VLAN using that same igb1?

Cannondale

@mvikman

Well, It has been in End-of-Sale since October 2018, End of Software Maintenance was October 2019 and End of Support is October 2023.

Interestingly, the SG250 has roughly the same End Dates and had a firmware date of 4/2023.

So the Main LAN still works from the igb1, but just not the VLAN using that same igb1?

Yes that is correct.

mvikman

@Cannondale Hmm... Compared to mine, the pfSense config looks to be ok to me.

mvikman

@johnpoz Looks like that the CBS-series (and probably also the SG250) only uses/shows the pvid when the port is set to General Mode...
I set GE5 into General Mode and it now shows 1P