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    Multiple ip addresses ESXi

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Routing and Multi WAN
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      razer0r
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      So what do I actualy need to do?

      the WAN ip 's are all have a seperate MAC address as well..
      (kinda losing it in too much information :p)
      can someone just tell me how to set this up (more or less, don't realy need every little detail) ;)

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        kathampy
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        First explain clearly what kind of Internet connection you have. How do you connect multiple physical computers directly to the Internet with public IP addresses?

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          razer0r
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          Oke

          This is what it is all about.
          The internet connection is a connection in a DC.

          They provide ip's based on MAC addresses: so

          here goes complete configuration:

          IP1 : PFsense (MAC 1)
          IP2 : Directadmin server (needs an external ip) (MAC 2)
          IP3 : Seperate server wich needs an externel ip as well (but needs it's own firewall ) (MAC 3)

          IP 4,5,6 etc might be needed in the future, but aren't at the moment.

          All I want is to be able to use the PFSense firewall for IP1 and IP2.

          PFSense is used as gateway for some internal traffic arriving from a vSwitch connected to the LAN port of the PFSense.

          That's basicly it…

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            kathampy
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            That doesn't explain what kind of connection it is and what the connection procedure is. Forget about pfSense completely.

            What kind of Internet cable is it? If you plug it staight into a laptop, how do you configure the laptop to browse the Internet? Is the Internet cable plugged into a switch? If you have multiple laptops plugged into the same switch, how do you get Internet on all of them?

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              razer0r
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              The internet connection is 1 physical connection, from a switch to a server.

              In the server (ESXi) configuration I use a vSwitch to connect several virtual interfaces to this vSwitch to obtain their IP.

              because the virtual switch you cannot hang any physical device on that switch, but virtual machines are connected to this vSwitch and can therefor obtain their IP from the Internet Provider

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                kathampy
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                You still haven't explained how you connect to the Internet. Plug the Internet cable directly into a laptop and explain every step on how to get Internet on the laptop.

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                  razer0r
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                  this is a direct RJ45 Ethernet Cable! probably connected to a routed network cisco switch…

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                    kathampy
                    last edited by

                    Why can you not answer a simple question? How do you set up an Internet connection on a laptop directly connected to this cable? Explain every step.

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                      razer0r
                      last edited by

                      plug in cable, tell ISP the MAC address, receive dhcp lease with correct info

                      done

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                        doktornotor Banned
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                        @razer0r:

                        probably

                        You're serious? Going upstairs to have a look would be too much effort?  ::)

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                          kathampy
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                          @razer0r:

                          plug in cable, tell ISP the MAC address, receive dhcp lease with correct info

                          done

                          Then you just need to create a bridge between WAN and OPT1 and allow DHCP on the OPT1 interface in the firewall. The clients behind OPT1 will receive IP addresses based on their MAC. You will also need to allow whatever outbound traffic you require on OPT1 such as DNS, HTTP, HTTPS etc.

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                            razer0r
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                            @doktornotor:

                            @razer0r:

                            probably

                            You're serious? Going upstairs to have a look would be too much effort?  ::)

                            You're serious?… This is not some private home connection ... but a fully routed 1Gbit INTERNET connection... in a DATACENTER, where i just rent a server box... (actualy multiple, but that's another story... which is located 12000 KM away from me...

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                              kathampy
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                              If you just want to use the clients' firewalls witout pfSense, then just attach their virtual NICs to the WAN vSwitch in ESXi. That's all.

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                                razer0r
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                                @KurianOfBorg:

                                If you just want to use the clients' firewalls witout pfSense, then just attach their virtual NICs to the WAN vSwitch in ESXi. That's all.

                                That I know… but i wanted to see if it is possible to remove the additional firewall from the client and do all firewall work on PFSense.
                                I used to do this this way (just configure a mac on the machine, connect it to the WAN vswitch and use an additional firewall for that system (eg APF) (http://www.rfxn.com/projects/advanced-policy-firewall/)

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                                  kathampy
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                                  @razer0r:

                                  That I know… but i wanted to see if it is possible to remove the additional firewall from the client and do all firewall work on PFSense.
                                  I used to do this this way (just configure a mac on the machine, connect it to the WAN vswitch and use an additional firewall for that system (eg APF) (http://www.rfxn.com/projects/advanced-policy-firewall/)

                                  I answered that in post #23.

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                                    doktornotor Banned
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                                    @razer0r:

                                    You're serious?… This is not some private home connection ... but a fully routed 1Gbit INTERNET connection... in a DATACENTER, where i just rent a server box... (actualy multiple, but that's another story... which is located 12000 KM away from me...

                                    Great. Then maybe ASK the collocation provider to provide you with the requested information and post back, instead of wasting other people's time here.

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