pfSense on Hyper-V Home Setup questions.
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@johnpoz No IoT, even though my refrigerator and dishwasher could talk to the world if I desired it. No Alexa or other because I would want an always-on mic in my house..., why? I have no desire to talk to any device unless it is a phone and there is a live body on the other end. Several network receivers, couple phones, Hyper-V host that is also my main workstation with pfSense and several other workstation OS, smart TV, and a lappy for RDP. I even run G wireless with MAC filtering and hidden SSIDs (the horror!) And it's just me, so.... no need for guest nets. And no FB or Twitter even, because that is just largely the toilet of the Internet. anyway. So there.
Agreed, I know he doesn't need a modem, but he will have to buy something to do what he wants. Frankly I'd just ditch the gateway on EBay and buy discreet components. Kind of depends how many of his clients are in use simultaneously as well.
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@provels said in pfSense on Hyper-V Home Setup questions.:
I even run G wireless with MAC filtering and hidden SSIDs
Because that is pointless ;) And you like added pain for no reason?
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@johnpoz Point? I have trusted devices in family, anyone else can pay for their own data.
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None - its pointless to do such a thing.. You just added complexity for ZERO reason other than your own grief.. But someone segmenting out their network for actually security reasons is pointless complexity?
If you don't want someone on your wifi - then don't give them the PSK.. There is zero reason for mac filtering or not broadcasting the SSID.
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@johnpoz Well, if you can find me, feel free to hack my wireless. At any rate, it still depends WHY he wants to do it. Just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD. Sort of how I feel about running a DC on a home net...
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So, for my pfsense, to be able to "talk" to the physical workstations on the network, there must be two external virtual switches on the hyperv hosts right?
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@uxm said in pfSense on Hyper-V Home Setup questions.:
So, for my pfsense, to be able to "talk" to the physical workstations on the network, there must be two external virtual switches on the hyperv hosts right?
Yep, and one pf interface min hooked to each.
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Sorry for returning back after so long. I had some personal issues and didnt have the time for pfsense. I will try to continue this project. So, I have a Hyper-V with 2 VMs. One is the pfsense VM and the other is my DC (for my Active Directory) with Windows 2012 R2 installed. The Hyper-V host has three NICs. I gave two nics for the pfsense (lan and wan) and one nic to my Windows 2012 R2 DC Server.
I have a netgear manageable switch. How many VLANs I have to create? Two right? One is the "wan side VLAN" and the other is the "LAN side VLAN" right?
Can you help me please?..
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@uxm As you have drawn this, you need no extra VLANS. Two External v-switches (WAN, LAN) created in Hyper-V and assigned to 2 of your physical NICs. WAN, LAN interfaces on pfSense assigned to the corresponding v-switch. The WAN v-switch NIC wired to your router's LAN interface and the LAN v-switch NIC hooked to your switch. Run through the web setup on pfSense and BANG! Internet! Add an AP off your switch for your phones and laptop, use the Asus's wireless as a guest net.
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Thank you very much! Im starting right away! Thanks @provels !
