pfSense on Watchguard M270

stephenw10

All the ports are in state DISABLED so the script did not set them to FORWARDING correctly.

Otherwise it looks good.

shaker

This is the script:

#!/bin/sh
#

echo "Configuring switch..."
logger Configuring switch...

etherswitchcfg config vlan_mode DOT1Q

etherswitchcfg vlangroup1 vlan 110 members 1,9t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup2 vlan 120 members 2,10t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup3 vlan 130 members 3,10t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup4 vlan 140 members 4,10t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup5 vlan 150 members 5,10t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup6 vlan 160 members 6,10t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup7 vlan 170 members 7,10t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup8 vlan 180 members 8,10t

etherswitchcfg port1 pvid 110
etherswitchcfg port2 pvid 120
etherswitchcfg port3 pvid 130
etherswitchcfg port4 pvid 140
etherswitchcfg port5 pvid 150
etherswitchcfg port6 pvid 160
etherswitchcfg port7 pvid 170
etherswitchcfg port8 pvid 180


echo "done"
logger done

Do I need some forwardings too?

stephenw10

Yes all the switch ports are disabled by default, you still need the section to set each port to forwarding. You might be able to combine that with the pvid. I've not tried that in one command.

shaker

Ok, now it looks like this:

etherswitch0: VLAN mode: DOT1Q
port1:
        pvid: 110
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port2:
        pvid: 120
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
        status: active
port3:
        pvid: 130
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port4:
        pvid: 140
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port5:
        pvid: 150
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port6:
        pvid: 160
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port7:
        pvid: 170
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port8:
        pvid: 180
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port9:
        pvid: 1
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=1<CPUPORT>
        media: Ethernet 2500Base-KX <full-duplex>
        status: active
port10:
        pvid: 1
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=1<CPUPORT>
        media: Ethernet 2500Base-KX <full-duplex>
        status: active
vlangroup0:
        vlan: 1
        members 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
vlangroup1:
        vlan: 110
        members 1,9t
vlangroup2:
        vlan: 120
        members 2,10t
vlangroup3:
        vlan: 130
        members 3,10t
vlangroup4:
        vlan: 140
        members 4,10t
vlangroup5:
        vlan: 150
        members 5,10t
vlangroup6:
        vlan: 160
        members 6,10t
vlangroup7:
        vlan: 170
        members 7,10t
vlangroup8:
        vlan: 180
        members 8,10t

I am going ahead and give it a try!
Thank you from here!

stephenw10

Hmm, probably should remove VLAN1 from the switch. That's interesting, I guess that must be a default. You could probably just change the vlan groups you're defining to start at 0 so it gets replaced. However it won't affect anything since the PVID on the ports is set something other than 1.

Steve

shaker

It works fine for now. I didn't connect everything at the moment. But I am able to connect now, receiving IP and can organize the VLANs.
As next I need to configure pfsense. Will take some time. thanks guys

verbatim419

sorry to start the topic again.

I got an m270 and installed pfsense on it. I have inserted the hints for the switch but I can't insert the scripts, keeps throwing me an error No such file or directory when run comand chmod +x for sript
I new and sory for my english

stephenw10

You need to create those files.

How are you running those commands exactly?

verbatim419

@stephenw10 I downloaded one file from the system that has the extension "sh" and modified it with the script gave in previous posts, after which I transferred the file to the "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/" folder. After saving, I tried to start the shell both via the console and via the guia, but it threw out the above error. I writen script in notepad++. I'm a beginner when it comes to these things, so I apologize for some banalities.

stephenw10

Ok I assume you mean the switch configuration script as shown here?: https://forum.netgate.com/post/990474

You should create that file not add the code to a existing script.

In my setup I run that script using a shellcmd not via rc.d.

Steve

reiter_f

hi, i'm running the M270 too, it works when i switch the ports to forwarding "etherswitchcfg port# forwarding", but it loos the information after rebooting. after the reboot, the ports are disabled

psp

In my setup, I'm running the script @startup in Cron.

stephenw10

@reiter_f said in pfSense on Watchguard M270:

but it loos the information after rebooting. after the reboot, the ports are disabled

Yes the switch is reset to defaults at boot. You have to reconfigure it at boot each time. It's easiest to do that using a script.

reiter_f

@stephenw10
ha, there is no default config
file that you are able to write in? i'm a little bit confused of this strategy,. because there is no ROM storage or something like that..... do you know where the config ist writen temporaly?
how do i link the skript to the boot config, that it will run automatical at booting? ... the best would be to Clean all switch-configs before running the skript...

stephenw10

When the switch is powered on it comes up with all the ports disabled by default. That's how the switch chip has been configured in hardware.

There are several way to run a script. As discussed above I use a shellcmd to do it.

verbatim419

@stephenw10 I created a file with the script that was given before, but it gives me the above problem when I want to run the command. could you (if you are able) write how it is formed exactly and started, I looked for it on the forum but I didn't succeed. Thank you

stephenw10

It depends where the script is and what it's named. But here I would use:

[23.05-RELEASE][admin@6100.stevew.lan]/root: ls
.cshrc                     .k5login                   .profile                   .ssh                       backup                     switch_config.sh
.hushlogin                 .login                     .shrc                      .tcshrc                    realtek-re-kmod-197.00.pkg
[23.05-RELEASE][admin@6100.stevew.lan]/root: chmod +x switch_config.sh 
[23.05-RELEASE][admin@6100.stevew.lan]/root: ls
.cshrc                     .k5login                   .profile                   .ssh                       backup                     switch_config.sh
.hushlogin                 .login                     .shrc                      .tcshrc                    realtek-re-kmod-197.00.pkg

reiter_f

@stephenw10
thank you for the explanation, i will run the skript while booting

reiter_f

i have done the boot precedure alsow with cron, and run the sript with an crontab

*corntab -e

@reboot /usr/local/bin/setup_switch.sh*

an it runs :)
the most tricky thing was the commands of the vi-editor in the crontab :(

for all who arn't using vi-editor (like me):
(i ... for text input | ESC ... for changing to commandline | w: ... for write out | x: ... for exit the Vi-editor)

stephenw10

For mere mortals like most of us use the included EasyEditor ee.

Or for cron just install the cron package and use the gui.