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    PfSense on esxi 6.7, can get it to work propperly.

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      marcel1988
      last edited by marcel1988

      Thank you both for the help :) i will buy a Intel card ;)

      I just found one of these: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/184824/intel-ethernet-network-adapter-i350-t4-for-ocp-3-0.html for €20 euro.

      Will this one work?

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        gcu_greyarea
        last edited by

        With ESXi have you tried putting the LAN vSwitch and Port Group into promiscuous mode ?

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          marcel1988
          last edited by

          ok so, i bought this https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/184824/intel-ethernet-network-adapter-i350-t4-for-ocp-3-0.html inserted it in the ESXI and booted up. It works perfectly.

          So now it is running and working like this:

          Fiber optic > Ubiquiti USG router WAN > Ubiquiti USG router LAN > network port NIC ESXI WAN > network port NIC ESXI LAN > Network switch and accespoint in the house. ( 10.0.0.X range. ) this is working perfect.

          But i want to remove the Ubiquiti usg router so i can setup the fiber optic directly into the WAN port of the NIC of the ESXI.
          so i'm working with T-Mobile here in here in the Netherlands. and i have added the VLAN 300 for internet into the PfSense on the interface of the WAN port of the NIC:
          1.JPG

          Under interfaces > assigment i have put the new VLAN300 into the WAN:
          2.JPG
          But i dont get a IP from the DHCP server of my ISP provider.

          When i set it back on the normal settings, everything is working perfect and i get a 192.168.1.2 from the Ubiquiti USG.
          3.JPG

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          • kiokomanK
            kiokoman LAYER 8
            last edited by kiokoman

            under esxi did you set the vswitch to vlanid 4095 ?
            Immagine.jpg

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              marcel1988
              last edited by

              So i need to edit this one:
              40714351-02a8-4df8-a44a-ef2c016611c7-image.png This is the nic port that is comming from the fiber optic.

              And can you tell me WHY i need to add VLAN 4095?

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                three
                last edited by three

                This is a specific of ESXI. If empty, VLAN are NOT supported. 4095 allows ALL VLAN numbers from the VM. I still get confused about VLAN, tagged, untagged, etc. But this should work,

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                • kiokomanK
                  kiokoman LAYER 8
                  last edited by

                  indeed 4095 means that you set your vswitch as a trunk port letting any vlan pass through

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                    marcel1988
                    last edited by

                    Yes, this did the trick :)

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                      marcel1988
                      last edited by

                      so after a few day's working perfectly.
                      it now randomly stops working.

                      In the PfSense VM i see this:
                      c976ee3a-a7be-4787-8189-6d7008e1c6b1-image.png

                      When i reboot the VM everything works again.
                      What can this be?

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                      • kiokomanK
                        kiokoman LAYER 8
                        last edited by kiokoman

                        try to reinstall open-vm-tools
                        maybe do a fsck also

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                          marcel1988
                          last edited by marcel1988

                          @kiokoman

                          i have reinstalled the open-vm-tools and nothing changed
                          what you mean by fsck?

                          And what about the new update?
                          i'm now on:

                          2.4.4-RELEASE-p3 (amd64)
                          built on Wed May 15 18:53:44 EDT 2019
                          FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE-p10

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                          • kiokomanK
                            kiokoman LAYER 8
                            last edited by kiokoman

                            fsck: from console is option 5 and F key ( F: Reboot and run a filesystem check )
                            and yes, upgrade to 2.4.5

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                              marcel1988
                              last edited by

                              ok now i understand what you mean. i just did that a couple of hours ago and it seems to work again.
                              What about the update?

                              after the update i need to reinstall vm-tools again? and another fsck?

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                              • kiokomanK
                                kiokoman LAYER 8
                                last edited by

                                nope, no need, make a backup of your config just in case and do the upgrade

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                                  marcel1988
                                  last edited by marcel1988

                                  Still this is not working fine. My internet disconnects every 4-5 hour.
                                  So can you please check my settings and tell me if the are right:

                                  First off all, the network settings:

                                  1. ESXI WAN settings: + VLAN ID 4095
                                    2a5c04f0-4638-4c0e-a37f-0610d4012047-image.png

                                  2. ESXI LAN settings:
                                    084a34a8-f224-4852-abba-0c44361b92f8-image.png

                                  3. PfSense settings:
                                    75daa62b-5e52-49d2-af2f-ec083f56d2b4-image.png

                                  Cable managment:

                                  WAN T-mobile > WAN Port intel NIC ESXI
                                  LAN Port intel NIC > port 1 into standard network switch. ( not managed )
                                  port 2 network switch > Onboard LAN port of ESXI server for managment.
                                  The rest of the network ports of the switch are 2 Ubiquiti WIFI accespoint, and some computers.

                                  As you can see, i also installed OpnSense just to find our of PfSense was the problem.
                                  But also OpnSense has the same problems.

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                                  • kiokomanK
                                    kiokoman LAYER 8
                                    last edited by

                                    it's ok, was the cable removed during this screenshot i suppose? physical adapters are not green
                                    if you are using igbn (native esxi driver) try to install net-igb (intel driver for esxi)

                                    Immagine.jpg

                                    also install open-vm-tools from pfsense packages if you didn't already

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                                      marcel1988
                                      last edited by

                                      Yes, the cable is removed otherwise i dont have good internet ofcourse :)

                                      Both the drivers are installed:
                                      c156b52c-3b20-45e0-8132-bed43bde2ec2-image.png

                                      Also the package in PfSense for open-vm-tools is installed.

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                                      • kiokomanK
                                        kiokoman LAYER 8
                                        last edited by

                                        idk, settings are ok, maybe do a backup of your configuration ad reinstall a new clean vm with pfsense 2.4.5 or try 2.5.0

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                                        • Cool_CoronaC
                                          Cool_Corona
                                          last edited by

                                          Can I get a Teamviewer into the box... then I will have your ESXi/pfsense running in 5 mins

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                                            marcel1988
                                            last edited by

                                            @kiokoman
                                            I have tried freshinstall of 2.4.5 and 2.5.0
                                            I have tried backing up and restoring.

                                            Maybe te problem is the fact i dont enter a MAC-ADDRESS into the wan port of the T-mobile fiber?
                                            and i leave the MTU also clear?

                                            @Cool_Corona
                                            if you can do it in 5 minutes. you can also tell me how ;)

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