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    • johnpozJ Online
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
      last edited by

      ok so port 10 is in vlan 100

      Can you do a show interfaces trunk

      Or how about
      sho int switchport G1/0/3

      That is the port you have in trunk mode to pfsense right..

      I would remove this from your port 3
      switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

      conf t
      int gi1/0/3
      no switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

      Then show the commands of the ones I gave above.

      Then once you have a device that you connect to on port 10, we can worry about connecting a AP on another trunk port that does vlans, etc.

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      • NeoDudeN Offline
        NeoDude
        last edited by

        I wouldn't have a clue about commands, my switch has a Web GUI  8)

        But if pfSense is on port 3 then that also needs tagged to VLAN100

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          jehu
          last edited by

          @johnpoz:

          ok so port 10 is in vlan 100

          Can you do a show interfaces trunk

          Or how about
          sho int switchport G1/0/3

          That is the port you have in trunk mode to pfsense right..SW#show interfaces trunk

          Port        Mode            Encapsulation  Status        Native vlan
          Gi1/0/3    on              802.1q        trunking      1

          Port        Vlans allowed on trunk
          Gi1/0/3    1,100,1001-1005

          Port        Vlans allowed and active in management domain
          Gi1/0/3    1,100

          Port        Vlans in spanning tree forwarding state and not pruned
          Gi1/0/3    1,100

          Yes port 3 is trunk…see below

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          • johnpozJ Online
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
            last edited by

            We already went over what needs to be tagged where.. Yes completely agree with you

            Port to pfsense needs vlan 100 tagged.. And then any uplinks to any AP that would be doing vlan 100 on SSID also tagged, etc.

            But he can not seem to get vlan 100 to work..

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            • NeoDudeN Offline
              NeoDude
              last edited by

              Have we established that his AP is VLAN aware? and set up to use VLAN100?

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              • J Offline
                jehu
                last edited by

                @NeoDude:

                Have we established that his AP is VLAN aware?

                AP is vlan aware it's a Ubiquiti UniFi AP-AC-Pro AP…but if I plug my laptop in that port I can't get and ip

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                • johnpozJ Online
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  He is not doing that yet - he is just connecting a device to is vlan port 10.. And its not getting an IP from pfsense, or can not talk to pfsense.  If he can not get a simple access port to work.. Then what is the point of moving to AP?

                  on your pfsense box can you do a ifconfig and post the output so we can see that your nic actually supports vlan tagging..

                  example

                  em2: flags=8943 <up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                          options=9b<rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,<strong>VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM>
                          ether 00:50:56:00:00:03
                          inet6 fe80::250:56ff:fe00:3%em2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
                          inet 192.168.2.253 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255</rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,<strong></up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>

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                  • J Offline
                    jehu
                    last edited by

                    here you go

                    em0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                            options=5009b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,vlan_hwfilter,vlan_hwtso>ether 00:14:5e:77:61:9c
                            inet6 fe80::214:5eff:fe77:619c%em0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
                            inet 24.23.x.x netmask 0xfffff800 broadcast 24.239.15.255
                            nd6 options=23 <performnud,accept_rtadv,auto_linklocal>media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
                            status: active
                    em1: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                            options=5009b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,vlan_hwfilter,vlan_hwtso>ether 00:14:5e:77:61:9d
                            inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
                            inet6 fe80::1:1%em1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
                            nd6 options=21 <performnud,auto_linklocal>media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
                            status: active
                    pflog0: flags=100 <promisc>metric 0 mtu 33160
                    pfsync0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1500
                            syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128 defer: on
                            syncok: 1
                    enc0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1536
                            nd6 options=21 <performnud,auto_linklocal>lo0: flags=8049 <up,loopback,running,multicast>metric 0 mtu 16384
                            options=600003 <rxcsum,txcsum,rxcsum_ipv6,txcsum_ipv6>inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
                            inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
                            inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
                            nd6 options=21 <performnud,auto_linklocal>em1_vlan100: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                            options=3 <rxcsum,txcsum>ether 00:14:5e:77:61:9d
                            inet6 fe80::214:5eff:fe77:619d%em1_vlan100 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7
                            inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
                            nd6 options=21 <performnud,auto_linklocal>media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
                            status: active
                            vlan: 100 vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: em1</full-duplex></performnud,auto_linklocal></rxcsum,txcsum></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></performnud,auto_linklocal></rxcsum,txcsum,rxcsum_ipv6,txcsum_ipv6></up,loopback,running,multicast></performnud,auto_linklocal></promisc></full-duplex></performnud,auto_linklocal></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,vlan_hwfilter,vlan_hwtso></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv,auto_linklocal></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,vlan_hwfilter,vlan_hwtso></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>

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                    • NeoDudeN Offline
                      NeoDude
                      last edited by

                      Your laptop won't work on port 10 because it's not a member of VLAN1 and I'm guessing the laptop isn't VLAN aware.

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                      • johnpozJ Online
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                        ^ what??  Its a native vlan.. Laptop does not have to have any clue to what vlan its on.. Its native untagged vlan..

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                        • NeoDudeN Offline
                          NeoDude
                          last edited by

                          According to the listing back on the first page, his port 10 is not a member of the native VLAN (VLAN1), it is only a member of VLAN100, if this is a tagged port then the laptop won't see it.

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                            hda
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                            pfSense(to switch) vLAN(100);
                            switch upload(to pfSense) Tagged(100) for port(AP) /Trunk;
                            switch port(AP) Untagged;
                            AP no vLAN.

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                              jehu
                              last edited by

                              @hda:

                              pfSense(to switch) vLAN(100);
                              switch upload(to pfSense) Tagged(100) for port(AP) /Trunk;
                              switch port(AP) Untagged;
                              AP no vLAN.

                              Sorry not sure I understood all that.
                              Is there someone with any other ideas…maybe someone with the same switch?

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                              • NeoDudeN Offline
                                NeoDude
                                last edited by

                                Ah, I gotcha now. You have port 10 set as VLAN100 untagged and it's not working? Sorry about my ramblings then, lol. I'm not familiar with Cisco switch terminology but would there not be a PVID setting to also get changed for port 10 to tag traffic from the laptop as VLAN100? Or is that all taken care of when assigning the port?

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                                • johnpozJ Online
                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  When you assign the port it changes the pvid.

                                  Are we SURE!! that pfsense is connected to port 3 that you have set to trunk??

                                  Your saying all the other ports work, ie vlan 1 but not vlan 100..  Seems like to me if you were on some other port and not 3 that is exactly what would happen.

                                  Please verify that, and if in fact in 3 then lets sniff on pfsense lan interface.  You should see the tagged dhcp discover come in..

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                                    jehu
                                    last edited by

                                    port 3 is connected to pfsense and trunk with vlan 100 allowed.
                                    port 10 is set as vlan 100, is access port…not trunk.
                                    if I plug into any other port which is set to vlan 1 default on the switch I get ip address and internet.
                                    port 10 which is vlan 100 cannot reach the dhcp server.

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                                    • J Offline
                                      jehu
                                      last edited by

                                      OK got it all working…still not sure what it was. I reinstall Pfsense and factory reset my switch redid everything and seems to work.
                                      Might have been also a problem the laptop adaptor I was connecting to the switch, one person mentioned that, so I tried my desktop and it work.
                                      All is good now.
                                      Thanks guys for all your help. :D

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