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    • J
      jbates58
      last edited by jbates58

      Hello everyone,

      i am setting up a Pf-sense box for home use, and i am wanting to set it up with a fail over foe when my below average internet fails.

      the fail over device is a Ubiquiti radio link to a friends house and i have that all configured and working.

      home setup is:

      modem is internal in server (Draytek Vigornic 132F), but this exposes its self to the machine as a single network interface. The server is loated in my shed, about 25M from my house, and i have a cat5E cable running from my switch under the house to the shed

      i am hoping and attempting to get the 1 physical NIC on the server to cover both the secondary WAN and the LAN as set out below

      WAN into pfsense =192.168.1.x/24
      secondary WAN into pfsense = 192.168.0.x/24
      pfsense LAN out is 192.168.100.x/24

      under my house the switch i am using is a Dell Powerconnect 6248P this switch supports both L2 and L3 so i can do routing etc with it. my server is plunged into port G0/1 and the Ubiquiti dish is in G0/48

      my intention is that all traffic goes over my connection as per normal, and then if my internet fails, it gets routed over the ubiquiti dish to my friends internet.

      i am hoping this can be done without running another network cable, as that is not very easy to do. and, i can achieve this result as it stands in windows currently by going into the advanced settings of the network adapter and adding the different network into it.

      i hope this all makes sense, if not please hit me up and i will clarify it

      my side is the YELLOW my friends side is the GREEN

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      Cheers

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        jbates58
        last edited by

        ok, i think i have an idea, i have watched a few tutorials on it, and as i have a multilayer switch, it is capable of doing it. so i will give it a crack.

        and hope for the best. haha

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          akuma1x
          last edited by

          As I think you are discovering, you need to run VLANs on both your pfsense box and your switch(es). Then you can run multiple networks on the same interface/cable.

          Jeff

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          • J
            jbates58
            last edited by

            ok, thanks for the help. i have it sorted. and Vlans worked PERFECTLY.

            Cheers

            Jason

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