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    • B
      Boint1979
      last edited by

      We have just purchased a Netgate XG-7100 1U. Besides IX0 and IX1 which we don't use, there are 8 network ports from ETH1 to Eth8 in XG-7100 1U.
      When I install pfsense, pfSense can find:

      WAN (wan) -> lagg0.4090 ->
      LAN (lan) -> lagg0.4091 -> v4: 10.0.1.254/24
      OPT1 (opt1) -> ix0 ->
      OPT2 (opt2) -> ix1 ->

      The output of ifconfig is:
      [2.4.4-RELEASE][root@gw.millenniuminsurance.ca]/root: ifconfig | more
      ix0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
      options=e400bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,VLAN_HWTSO,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
      ether 00:08:a2:0e:d6:61
      hwaddr 00:08:a2:0e:d6:61
      inet6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe0e:d661%ix0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
      nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
      media: Ethernet autoselect
      status: no carrier
      ix1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
      options=e400bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,VLAN_HWTSO,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
      ether 00:08:a2:0e:d6:62
      hwaddr 00:08:a2:0e:d6:62
      inet6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe0e:d662%ix1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
      nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
      media: Ethernet autoselect
      status: no carrier
      ix2: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
      options=e500bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
      ether 00:08:a2:0e:d6:63
      hwaddr 00:08:a2:0e:d6:63
      nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
      media: Ethernet autoselect (2500Base-KX <full-duplex,rxpause,txpause>)
      status: active
      ix3: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
      options=e500bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
      ether 00:08:a2:0e:d6:63
      hwaddr 00:08:a2:0e:d6:64
      nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
      media: Ethernet autoselect (2500Base-KX <full-duplex,rxpause,txpause>)
      status: active
      enc0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1536
      nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
      groups: enc
      lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
      options=600003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
      inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
      inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x10
      inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
      nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
      groups: lo
      pflog0: flags=100<PROMISC> metric 0 mtu 33160
      groups: pflog
      pfsync0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1500
      groups: pfsync
      syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128 defer: on
      syncok: 1
      lagg0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
      options=e500bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
      ether 00:08:a2:0e:d6:63
      inet6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe0e:d663%lagg0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x13
      nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
      media: Ethernet autoselect
      status: active
      groups: lagg
      laggproto loadbalance lagghash l2,l3,l4
      laggport: ix2 flags=4<ACTIVE>
      laggport: ix3 flags=4<ACTIVE>
      lagg0.4090: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
      options=600003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
      ether 00:08:a2:0e:d6:63
      inet6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe0e:d663%lagg0.4090 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x14
      nd6 options=23<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
      media: Ethernet autoselect
      status: active
      vlan: 4090 vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: lagg0
      groups: vlan
      lagg0.4091: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
      options=600003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
      ether 00:08:a2:0e:d6:63
      inet6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe0e:d663%lagg0.4091 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x15
      inet 10.0.1.254 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.1.255
      nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
      media: Ethernet autoselect
      status: active
      vlan: 4091 vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: lagg0
      groups: vlan

      My question is: How can I know which ports (ix0, ix1, lagg0.4090, etc) in pfSense are corresponding to which ports in XG-7100 (Eth1, eth2 , etc)?
      How can I find devices in pfSense that are corresponding to ETH1 to ETH8 in XG-7100?

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      • GertjanG
        Gertjan
        last edited by

        You installed pfSense and you did not see how to select WAN and LAN ???
        Anyway ...
        Using the most important access, the console / SSH access.
        Login - on menu, go option 8.

        Now, plug in a live RJ45.
        You'll see a LINK-UP announcement on the login screen.
        Rip it out and you see a LINK DOWN message.
        With the port driver name like em0 or ix1.

        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          The Eth ports on the XG-7100 are connected via the internal switch. You can configure them however you wish but by default Eth1 is WAN (lagg0.4090) and Eth2-Eth8 are LAN (lagg0.4091).
          See: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/xg-7100-1u/switch-overview.html

          You can also use the etherswitchcfg command to see the current switch config from the command line.

          Steve

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