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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      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

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        shaker
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        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

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          verbatim419
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          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

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            You need to create those files.

            How are you running those commands exactly?

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              verbatim419 @stephenw10
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              @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.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                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

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                  reiter_f @stephenw10
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                  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

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

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @reiter_f
                      last edited by

                      @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.

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                        reiter_f @stephenw10
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                        @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...

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          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.

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                            verbatim419 @stephenw10
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                            @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

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

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

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                                  reiter_f @reiter_f
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                                  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)

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

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

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

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                                      reiter_f @shaker
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                                      @stephenw10
                                      i tried arround now for a while, the skript with the WAN and the LAN on all ports works realy fine.

                                      the thing with the vlan_mode DOT1Q and the diferent Vlans on the Ports does not.
                                      i've tried it with the Skripft from aboth + the forwarding part, but i don't get an IP (DHCP) on the WAN, when i activate DHCP-server on the LAN - WAN will get the IP from the LAN-DHCP ??

                                      the DHCPs on the LAN and OPT-Lans does not work.

                                      wthat i've done wrong?

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        What does your script contain?

                                        How are the interfaces configured?

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                                          reiter_f @stephenw10
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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @reiter_f
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                                            @reiter_f said in pfSense on Watchguard M270:

                                            WAN (wan) -> ix0 -> v4/DHCP4: 192.168.2.102/24
                                            LAN (lan) -> ix1.1 -> v4: 192.168.2.1/24

                                            Whatever was configured at that point it's a subnet conflict between WAN and LAN.

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