PfSense on esxi 6.7, can get it to work propperly.
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With ESXi have you tried putting the LAN vSwitch and Port Group into promiscuous mode ?
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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:
Under interfaces > assigment i have put the new VLAN300 into the WAN:
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.
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under esxi did you set the vswitch to vlanid 4095 ?
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So i need to edit this one:
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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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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indeed 4095 means that you set your vswitch as a trunk port letting any vlan pass through
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Yes, this did the trick :)
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so after a few day's working perfectly.
it now randomly stops working.In the PfSense VM i see this:
When i reboot the VM everything works again.
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try to reinstall open-vm-tools
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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
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fsck: from console is option 5 and F key ( F: Reboot and run a filesystem check )
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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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nope, no need, make a backup of your config just in case and do the upgrade
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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:
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ESXI WAN settings: + VLAN ID 4095
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ESXI LAN settings:
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PfSense settings:
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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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)
also install open-vm-tools from pfsense packages if you didn't already
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Yes, the cable is removed otherwise i dont have good internet ofcourse :)
Both the drivers are installed:
Also the package in PfSense for open-vm-tools is installed.
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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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Can I get a Teamviewer into the box... then I will have your ESXi/pfsense running in 5 mins
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@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
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that would be something specific to your isp
