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      DavidePenno
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      Hi everyone,

      I have a little problem on one installation.
      Recently i have installed pfsense on proxmox, because i want to try to use the same server for more application.

      The server is the : TOPTON Intel i226V 6x2.5G 12th Gen i3-1215U Intel i226V pfSense Firewall Router 2 xddr5 NVMe Proxmox Mini PC Computer Soft Mini Host
      RAM 16GB
      SSD nvme 250GB

      Actually the pfsense is installed with 2 core, 4gb RAM and 32gb SSD
      enp2s0 -> WAN ( linked to ISP modem - DMZ and non filter or whatever )
      enp3s0 -> LAN-S1
      enp4s0 -> LAN-S2
      enp5s0 -> LAN-O
      The three lan are bridged together.
      I installed pfsense easily and seems work fine for the first days.

      After some time start dropping package on the WAN and lost connection for a few second then come back online and repeat this problem every 3-4 minutes.
      Apparently i have solved this problem changing the IP address of the pfsense WAN ( seems that proxmox use the same ip for a brig connection on this port ).

      Now I have an other problem that i can't figured out :
      After some time pfsense and proxmox freeze and both became unreachable and un-pingable ( on wan and lan side ); the only way to bring the system online again is to restart the server.
      I look at both log but i cant see noting relevant.

      Any one have some ideas ?
      Thx

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        So all those NICs are passed through to pfSense? And then the LANs bridged in pfSense?

        When it stops responding can you get onto the Proxmox console and connect out?

        Steve

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          DavidePenno @stephenw10
          last edited by

          Hi @stephenw10 ; sry dident see the section virtualization

          Exactly, all the NIC are passed trought to pfSense and then bridged in pfSense

          No, also proxmox crash when pfSense crash ( unlikly i don't know witch one stop working first ).
          Proxmox have a dedicated NIC separated form pfSense; i try to ping proxmox on this nic but i have no response ( time out ).
          Is like the server completly disappears; the light on the RJ45 connector are on with some random blinking ( few blinking ).

          Thx

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Hmm, that seems more like a hardware issue in the server then.

            Is it still responsive locally if you connect to the console?

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