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      darkytoo
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      does 2.2 support CARP under hyper-v?  What about Vlan trunking?

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        segobi
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        @Spaghetti:

        At the Forum Index there is a development section which has a 2.2 snapshot sticky with the info you require.

        Here is the pfSense snapshots page:

        http://snapshots.pfsense.org

        thanks a lot!

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          darkytoo
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          @Spaghetti:

          At the Forum Index there is a development section which has a 2.2 snapshot sticky with the info you require.

          Here is the pfSense snapshots page:

          http://snapshots.pfsense.org

          it just sits at booting…grr...

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            segobi
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            @darkytoo:

            @Spaghetti:

            At the Forum Index there is a development section which has a 2.2 snapshot sticky with the info you require.

            Here is the pfSense snapshots page:

            http://snapshots.pfsense.org

            it just sits at booting…grr...

            hmm installed using latest 2.2 alpha iso - everything working fine for my needs.

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              charliem
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              @darkytoo:

              it just sits at booting…grr...

              See this thread: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=75241.0

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                darkytoo
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                @charliem:

                @darkytoo:

                it just sits at booting…grr...

                See this thread: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=75241.0

                I actually found my problem, i was using 32 bit and apparently 64 bit works, so I just switched over today to see how it works.  I still can't get Vlan trunking working, and I lost snort, but it does seem to work better under hyper-v, and I no longer have to worry about heartbleed and automatic updates.

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                  Guest
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                  the good news here is that the 64-bit ISOs of the 2.2 snapshots work.

                  This, rather than producing a back-port to 2.1.x is the preferred direction.

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                    tisler
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                    Thanks god I found this thread after struggling with pfSense 2.1.4 on hyper-v.

                    Downloaded the latest 64bit snapshot.
                    My environment.
                    Host

                    • Supermicro 5018A-TN4 (would rather go for 5018A-FTN4 because of front Ethernet ports)

                    • 8GB Ram

                    • 128GB Samsung Evo Pro SSD

                    • Windows Server 2012 R2

                    VM

                    • 1GB RAM

                    • 8GB fixed vhdx

                    • pfSense 2.2

                    • 3 network adapters (no legacy) for WAN, LAN and DMZ

                    After a successful test in the lab i struggled with the internet access afterwards until i realized that the clients had a wrong gateway configured. After setting pfSense to the same ip as the DSL router and reconfiguring the router it all worked.

                    My environment
                    DSL router -> pfSense WAN -> pfSense LAN -> main switch -> clients
                    172.16.1.1 -> 172.16.1.2 -> 192.168.1.1

                    DSL -> pfSense WAN -> pfSense DMZ -> openSuse VM
                    172.16.1.1 -> 172.16.1.2 -> 172.16.35.1 (static) -> 172.16.35.47 (dhcp)

                    Access to the internet from the DMZ is not yet working though. Don't know if it has to do with hyper-v or pfSense or the guest so (openSuse). openSuse reports a ip-address (dhcp) but can't browse anything. The DMZ port is configured as 172.16.35.1 (static, dhcp server). On hyper-v a switch is configured for the physical Ethernet port. There's no physical wire connected to the port because i "think" the traffic should be routed by pfSense directly from Wan to DMZ (my guess though). Duplicated the NAT rules from LAN to DMZ.
                    pfSense and openSuse share the same virtual DMZ network adapter.

                    Maybe someone has an idea what might be wrong with the DMZ interface?

                    15.08.2014 Edit
                    Solved the problem by adding an allow all outbound traffic (any) from DMZ. Will investigate later in order to just allow necessary traffic.

                    Cheers,
                    Thomas

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                      KOM
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                      Do you have a firewall rule allowing DMZ to access WAN?  Its not created by default.

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                        tisler
                        last edited by

                        Thats the resolution!! It works now. Allowed all outbound traffic though which is not how it should be.

                        Do you know by chance the minimum rule to add?

                        Thanks,
                        Tho as

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                          KOM
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                          There is no one-size-fits-all rule.  It depends on what type of servers or clients you have in there and what you want to limit them to.

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                            tisler
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                            For now just windows clients that need internet access.

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                              KOM
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                              "Internet access" is pretty much everything.  If you want to limit them to email and web, for example, then you would put rules in place to allow the standard ports for those applications, and block everything else.

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                                rustydusty1717
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                                Anyone give me a definitive answer on what version to run, 32bit of 64bit?

                                Currently this:
                                Host: Server 2008 R2
                                32GB RAM
                                i7 3770k overclocked
                                4 - 1TB in raid 10

                                VM:
                                pfsense 2.0.3 - 32bit
                                1 GB ram
                                1 Core

                                Runs alright, the cpu usage has never worked though and would love to upgrade. Lots of talk on this forum with special versions with the necessary drivers for hyper-v, etc. Also, any reason performance or stability wise to use the 64bit kernel on hyper-v over the 32bit?

                                Would just love some clarification as there's plenty of topics but none really state which is the best route to take.

                                Thanks

                                Edit:

                                Pre-flight a VM running the latest 2.2 snapshot, will post back with results when I switch everything over to it. So far without anything running through it, seems very quick and stable.

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                                  tisler
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                                  Hi Rusty

                                  My setup of the pfSense 2.2 64bit snapshot works fine so far.
                                  See details in my previous post.

                                  Cheers,
                                  Thomas

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                                    rustydusty1717
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                                    @tisler:

                                    Hi Rusty

                                    My setup of the pfSense 2.2 64bit snapshot works fine so far.
                                    See details in my previous post.

                                    Cheers,
                                    Thomas

                                    Which revision? Any weird bugs or stability issues so far? Are you using legacy network drivers?

                                    Thanks!

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                                      tisler
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                                      2.2-ALPHA (amd64)
                                      built on Wed Aug 06 14:28:19 CDT 2014

                                      No issues besides the clock going backwards in the first few minutes after reboot. Not experiencing any side effect of this so far.
                                      I'm using the standard network adapters.

                                      Cheers,
                                      Thomas

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                                        rustydusty1717
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                                        What kind of throughput are you seeing on network side? I've got 50Mb X 5Mb and can saturate most of the 50Mb download with my current 2.0.3 but having some weird bugs with it and not consistent. I will switch everything to the 2.2 tonight and see how things progress.

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                                          rustydusty1717
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                                          Flipped everything over, power cycled modem, WAN side won't come up.

                                          Will try turning the interfaces down and up like on older versions to see if that fixes it. Might have to try legacy network drivers as well.  :-\

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                                            rustydusty1717
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                                            Apologies for all the posts.

                                            Ended up still using legacy drivers as regular didn't work. Got it up and running and so far so good.

                                            I would imagine the drivers didn't work due to my system. I posted the wrong specs of the host, but this is what it is:

                                            Custom Desktop:
                                            Motherboard:  ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0
                                            CPU: AMD FX-8350
                                            Memory: 24GB G.skill  ripjaws
                                            PSU: Seasonic 1000W

                                            To get the host to connect I need to manually install the network drivers. Most likely reason why I still have to use legacy drivers.

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