Help bridging VLAN with physical interface
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I would like to connect my VM server's IPMI to my main network. My main network and guest network are both on a VLANs on the same physical interface. My switch is completely full, but I have an extra physical interface on my pfSense box. How can I bridge the extra interface and my main network VLAN? I was looking at this guide but it doesn't work for VLANs: https://www.infotechwerx.com/blog/Creating-a-Simple-pfSense-Bridge.
I understand that this is not ideal because software is not the place to do switching. However, I will rarely ever be using the IPMI and it seems like such a waste to buy another switch. Thanks for the help!
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Works fine for VLANs, even though I'm not quite sure what "bridging VLANs" means.
You could bridge, say, em0 and em1_vlan100 as member interfaces. Not sure you'd really want to but you could.
Even getting some cheap, unmanaged switch and putting it on an untagged/access port on the VLAN in question would be better than burning a precious router port on something like that.
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Works fine for VLANs, even though I'm not quite sure what "bridging VLANs" means.
It doesn't work for VLANs. The VLAN interface does not show up in the dropdown.
You could bridge, say, em0 and em1_vlan100 as member interfaces. Not sure you'd really want to but you could.
How?
Even getting some cheap, unmanaged switch and putting it on an untagged/access port on the VLAN in question would be better than burning a precious router port on something like that.
Why? I have 4 NICs on my router, I only use 2.
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Has to be assigned to an OPT interface and enabled. Don't assign any IP information to it. Just enable and save.
Didn't realize I was bridging tagged and untagged on the same interface but it let me do that too:
bridge0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
ether 02:2b:3a:69:3c:00
nd6 options=1 <performnud>id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 hellotime 2 fwddelay 15
maxage 20 holdcnt 6 proto rstp maxaddr 2000 timeout 1200
root id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 ifcost 0 port 0
member: re3_vlan1010 flags=143 <learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp>ifmaxaddr 0 port 11 priority 128 path cost 200000
member: re3 flags=143 <learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp>ifmaxaddr 0 port 4 priority 128 path cost 200000</learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp></learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp></performnud></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>
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Why? I have 4 NICs on my router, I only use 2.
Because those are router ports. Not switch ports. But do what you're going to do. Can only suggest here.
