General LAN Question
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Hey folks,
quick question/ input needed.
My old setup had a xn0 (wan) and xn1 (lan). On xn1 was a tiny dumb switch that served all servers happily.
Now I replaced that switch with an pfsense appliance (selfmade) with 6 ports. Now WAN and each Server will get it's own port.Now my Servers all run Xen and VMs (all trusted, no customers, all mine). So inside that old LAN it's ok (but tweakable, for sure) that everyone can talk to everyone. In fact, it's mandatory that everyone is in the same 10.0.0.0/24 subnet. I also want to move the VMs between hypervisors so things like default routes etc should always remain the same.
Would I go for a giant joint bridge on all devices? I dont' assume I can assign the same IP on all interfaces?
What would be the most approachable way to do this? Unfortunatly I have no physical space (allowance) to add another switch/router. The only constraint is that I have to "make due" with that firewall and it's 6 ports.Thanks for your input and enjoy your weeken! :)
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I would just use the dumb switch if what you need is a switch.
A router is a router.
A switch is a switch.
Use a router as a router.
Use a switch as a switch.
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"The only constraint is that I have to "make due" with that firewall and it's 6 ports."
Who says? If you had a self built box and needed switch ports? Why would you not have put in switch ports vs NICs? Get yourself a small gig switch – they are pretty freaking tiny!!
