Surely pfsense works with switches??? Well durrr of course it does …...
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Well this is a new one on me.
Setup:
BT Business Broadband (BH5 in bridged mode) with 5 Static IP's
Dell Poweredge R200 as PFSense Box (yes a little overkill)NIC1 = WAN
NIC2 = LANVLAN + 1:1 NAT all setup nicely for the 5 IP addresses.
I can successfully access the internet/PFSense when my laptop is plugged directly into the LAN port of the PFSense box.
When I connect a switch into the LAN port and patch my laptop from the connected switch I get nothing from the PFSense box.
Not even an IP Address. All I get is unknown network.Whats going on there then hey…...? :-\ (probably me being really dumb!!)
Comments please guys
Regards
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Sounds like a broken switch.
What kind of switch is it?
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I've tried 2 now.
1 x HP Procurve
1 x Generic 16 port switchBoth were working fine up to the point I installed pfsense…
Wierd hey...
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It's not pfSense.
Does the link come up? Try a known-good cat5e or better, 8-conductor patch cables?
Did you mess around with the interface negotiation? (leave them at the default, which is usually auto-neg.)
Are your NICs gigabit?
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Are the switches managed? Make sure there is no VLAN setup on them anymore.
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Well after all that…..
It turned out that it was in fact the new network cable from the servers NIC2 port to the switch.
I changed the cable for another new cable and hey presto all singing all dancing :)Incidentally i'm struggling to get services through the firewall and after following numerous tutorials i'm still non the wiser but that's a different issue.
Thanks for your help.