Hyper-V: has the NIC to be compatible with pfSense (guest), host or both?
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When running pfSense within Hyper-V, does the NIC (and all other hardware, like connected USB 4G modems) have to compatible with pfSense (the guest), Windows Server (2016 in my case, the host) or both?
Thank you!
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From what I have seen so far, I would guess that only the host has to support it, since the guest only sees virtual NICs anyway. This is just a feeling I am having right now though, not sure if it is a fact.
If anyone wonders the same..
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Hyper-V 2016 supports Discrete Device Assignment (DDA). With the proper hardware, you can pass a physical nic to the vm.
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Hyper-V 2016 supports Discrete Device Assignment (DDA). With the proper hardware, you can pass a physical nic to the vm.
That sounds good. So that would be the perfect option for the WAN interface, where I am still at least a little bit worried that the host might somehow somewhere get compromised? (At least it manages the virtual switch on top of it in my configuration right now - even if it is not connected itself.)