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      hkjarral
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      Hello,

      I have my pfsense setup in transparent bridge mode. I have 2 switches on either end, When I try to setup LACP between two switches it does not setup, seem slike pfsense does not LACP traffic pass through. How do I make it work.

      Here is the setup

      Switch 1 ==== Pfsense ==== Switch2
      2 Links from each switch to pfsense.
      Bridge 1 (nic1,nic2)
      Bridge2 (nic3,nic4)

      Normal transparent bridge works fine.
      But when I bundle ports on switch1 and switch 2 the LACP fails to establish.

      The aim is to use pfsense in transparent bridge mode with snort IDS.

      Any insight help is highly appreciated.

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        hkjarral
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        Any clues/ideas anyone ?

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        • DerelictD
          Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
          last edited by

          Yeah LACP doesn't work that way. the BPDUs are between the connected interfaces. They don't get forwarded by a bridge.

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