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    Is what i want to do possible?

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    • pttP
      ptt Rebel Alliance
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      @luke240778:

      Great news!  I also thought that it might be a nightmare here in Brasil to get Oi to do anything at all beyond their normal duty for me marcelloc..

      Lastly.. if i have 2 links at the location 4km away and want them combined at that end before connected to the PTP that will interface into my server here.. will a switch be enough to do that? or am i going to need another pfsense box at that end?

      What kind of "links" are ?

      With VLANs you can have as many as you want…. each remote "link" will be a WAN....

      Your pfSense ( 1 interface configured as "trunk" ) <---> PowerBridge ( AP WDS ) < - - - - - 4Km - - - - > PowerBridge ( STA WDS ) <--> VLAN Capable SW---> Your provider connections

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        luke240778
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        2 ADLS 5mb links.. so 2 ADSL modems that will need to be connected somehow so i can get 10mb of total bandwidth

        And just so i understand.. as i have never played with vlan's before.. to do that, the switch HAS to be vlan capable as well as creating the vlan's in pfsense?

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        • marcellocM
          marcelloc
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          @luke240778:

          Great news!  I also thought that it might be a nightmare here in Brasil to get Oi to do anything at all beyond their normal duty for me marcelloc..

          Move your servers to somewhere you can get datalinks from other provider(gvt or net for example), OI is one of the worst providers we can get in Brazil. :(

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          Help a community developer! ;D

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            podilarius
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            @luke240778:

            2 ADLS 5mb links.. so 2 ADSL modems that will need to be connected somehow so i can get 10mb of total bandwidth

            And just so i understand.. as i have never played with vlan's before.. to do that, the switch HAS to be vlan capable as well as creating the vlan's in pfsense?

            Yes. I believe that you have to have a VLAN capable switch if you want to maintain the VLAN across switches.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              I think we had this discussion before but theoretically you could have VLAN capable modem/routers that could read and write the tagged packets directly. However it's likely to be a PITA to set up and a small VLAN capable switch is quite cheap.

              Steve

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                luke240778
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                @marcelloc:

                @luke240778:

                Great news!  I also thought that it might be a nightmare here in Brasil to get Oi to do anything at all beyond their normal duty for me marcelloc..

                Move your servers to somewhere you can get datalinks from other provider(gvt or net for example), OI is one of the worst providers we can get in Brazil. :(

                Without going into detail its not possible.. also here, there is only the option of Oi or Embratel.. gvt and net arent available here.

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                  luke240778
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                  @stephenw10:

                  I think we had this discussion before but theoretically you could have VLAN capable modem/routers that could read and write the tagged packets directly. However it's likely to be a PITA to set up and a small VLAN capable switch is quite cheap.

                  Steve

                  Thanks Steve.. :)..  Here in Brasil, nothing to do with electronics is "quite cheap" unfortunately.  Makes me miss home sometimes when i have to buy stuff here for double the normal price!

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                    podilarius
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                    That sucks. Hopefully there is a lightly used market where you can get one a little cheaper.

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                      luke240778
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                      Yeah unfortunately its either spend alot, or get it from China/Paraguay and hope the tax isnt too high.  I actually just priced a basic 24 port Gigabit managed switch (the lsat one i got in the US for $179) here it will cost around $700.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        @luke240778:

                        The last one i got in the US for $179, here it will cost around $700.

                        Ouch!  :o

                        Steve

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