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    Networking - 1 Server on 2 Subnets

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      CrunchyToast
      last edited by

      This is related to unRAID OS, but I haven't received a response from their forums and am curious to know if anyone here may have come across this. The only thing I could think is having a 2nd nic in the unraid box. Below is my exact post unRAID.

      Goal:
      Have my Unraid server on my LAN subnet (specifically for DLNA) and VMs (on the unRAID box) run on a separate subnet.

      Setup:
      Modem -> pfSense 2.3 -> Netgear ProSAFE Plus Switch (JGS524PE) -> (VLANs) LAN, GUEST, UNRAID 6.2 (Beta21)

      Currently I have my network setup with VLANs. Before Unraid I was running my server on it's own subnet with firewall rules blocking it from other subnets and right now it is still on that subnet. I have pfSense set to VLAN and the switch with VLAN to the specific port that the Unraid server is plugged in to. I was unable to use IGMP Proxy in pfSense to make Plex reachable to LAN from the server subnet. I have attempted changing the firewall rules to allow it to send to LAN, but unsuccessful.

      What would be the best way to reach my goal?

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        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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        You would need a igmp proxy to get multicast across layer to another broadcast domain.

        Easy solution would be to put the devices that want to talk to each other via multicast in the same layer 2.  But sure you can run the pfsense igmp proxy if you want to.

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          CrunchyToast
          last edited by

          I messed around with the IGMP Proxy so much that I gave up on it. I added firewall rules and everything to no avail.

          @johnpoz:

          Easy solution would be to put the devices that want to talk to each other via multicast in the same layer 2.

          Are you saying on the same VLAN on the switch? I could do this, but any VM I create I want to be on the "server" subnet and not LAN.

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