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    kathampy
    last edited by Aug 5, 2013, 2:25 PM

    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
      last edited by Aug 5, 2013, 2:34 PM

      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
        last edited by Aug 5, 2013, 2:36 PM

        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
          last edited by Aug 5, 2013, 2:39 PM

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

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            kathampy
            last edited by Aug 5, 2013, 2:41 PM

            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 Aug 5, 2013, 2:45 PM

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

              done

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                doktornotor Banned
                last edited by Aug 5, 2013, 2:45 PM

                @razer0r:

                probably

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

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                  kathampy
                  last edited by Aug 5, 2013, 2:50 PM Aug 5, 2013, 2:48 PM

                  @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
                    last edited by Aug 5, 2013, 2:51 PM

                    @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
                      last edited by Aug 5, 2013, 2:52 PM

                      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
                        last edited by Aug 5, 2013, 2:55 PM

                        @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
                          last edited by Aug 5, 2013, 2:57 PM

                          @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
                            last edited by Aug 5, 2013, 3:01 PM

                            @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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