Added 10G card for LAN transfers Config help needed
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I added a 10Gb card to my R610 box to enable faster LAN xfers from my PC to my UNRaid server, I can't figure out how to configure the NIC to then remove the links between my Desktop and UNRaid to the switch. Feels like I would need a Bridge but not 100% sure on the config.
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I would like bxe0 & bxe1 to both connect to bce2(LAN) now my server is statically assigned 10.0.1.5 as its IP but my desktop is not.
Current Setup:
bce3: WAN1
bce2: LAN 10.0.1.1
bce1: WAN2
bxe0: Desktop
bxe1: UnRaid Server -
The PC and Unraid are in the same subnet?
Then traffic should just go between them directly via a switch. Not through the firewall at all.
You really should not try to make a 10G switch out of interfaces in pfSense. A bridge is not a switch.
Steve
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@stephenw10 I don't currently have a 10g switch. I have my Dell R610 running PFsense with a 10gb Dual SFP+ card connected via DAC cables to my Desktop and my Dell R710 UnRaid box.
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Ok, so if you need those to be in the same subnet you need to bridge them with LAN.
Doing that is trying to use those discrete interfaces as a switch though. It's never going to perform as well as a real switch.
Steve
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@stephenw10 Thank you Steve, can you tell me if this guide is still accurate?
https://eengstrom.github.io/musings/configure-pfsense-bridge-over-multiple-nics-as-lan
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Yes, nothing fundamental has changed there since that was written
