pfSense on Watchguard M270

stephenw10

You need to set the switch in 802.1Q mode, it's in port vlan mode by default:

etherswitchcfg config vlan_mode DOT1Q

Then add the internal ports as tagged members to each group so you can address them as VLANs in pfSense. Also never use VLAN 1 (or 0) directly unless there no other way so:

etherswitchcfg vlangroup1 vlan 101 members 1,9t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup2 vlan 102 members 2,10t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup3 vlan 103 members 3,10t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup4 vlan 104 members 4,10t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup5 vlan 105 members 5,10t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup6 vlan 106 members 6,10t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup7 vlan 107 members 7,10t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup8 vlan 108 members 8,10t

Then you need to set the PVID for each port so untagged traffic arriving is placed in the correct vlan:

etherswitchcfg port1 pvid 101
etherswitchcfg port2 pvid 102
etherswitchcfg port3 pvid 103
etherswitchcfg port4 pvid 104
etherswitchcfg port5 pvid 105
etherswitchcfg port6 pvid 106
etherswitchcfg port7 pvid 107
etherswitchcfg port8 pvid 108

Because you only have one VLAN on port 9 you could also just use that untagged internally but if you ever want to move the VLANs around or add more on port 9 it's easier to set it up tagged now.
You can also do other things like setup the two internal ports as a lagg to the switch and put all the VLANs on that. We do that in the 7100 because in some situations it can provide more bandwidth. But you really have to try hard to pass more than 2.5Gbps total and it adds more complexity.

Steve

ivanbarr

@stephenw10 Is it possible to get the switch to appear in the Web UI on the M270? I think the UI code makes a call to some function like platform_has_switch() to determine whether to show the switch items under the interfaces menu. How does pfsense come to know if a device has a switch or not?

stephenw10

There's no easy setting for that. You'd have to patch the code. Probably in a few places. The defaults would need to be set differently to the 7100.

shaker

Hi stephenw10,

I configured the M270 like you described above.
Activate 802.1Q mode, and configured the etherswitchcfg all tagged.

Then I opened console and add a vlan 120, activate the IP on LAN, stuff like that.
Play a bit around.
This is how it looks like:

 WAN (wan)       -> ix0        ->
 LAN (lan)       -> ix1        -> v4: 192.168.10.1/24
 OPT1 (opt1)     -> ix1.120    -> v4: 192.168.120.1/24

 0) Logout (SSH only)                  9) pfTop
 1) Assign Interfaces                 10) Filter Logs
 2) Set interface(s) IP address       11) Restart webConfigurator
 3) Reset webConfigurator password    12) PHP shell + Netgate pfSense Plus tools
 4) Reset to factory defaults         13) Update from console
 5) Reboot system                     14) Enable Secure Shell (sshd)
 6) Halt system                       15) Restore recent configuration
 7) Ping host                         16) Restart PHP-FPM
 8) Shell

I tried to connect directly on port 1-7 and also with a switch, Tagged the port vom M270 on VLAN120 and untagged the port from my pc, but I can't reach the web from pfsense.

Do you know what I am doing wrong?

stephenw10

What does etherswitchcfg show?

zhellalex

Hello!
Can't run pfsense plus on firebox m270, network interfaces don't work.
I first installed pfSense-CE-memstick-serial-2.6.0-RELEASE-amd64 on the laptop. Activated and updated to pfSense Plus 23.01-RELEASE (amd64).
Installed msata in firebox m270.
When booting, pfsense plus the following:
WAN interface as ix0, and LAN interface as ix1
Added the following content to the /boot/device.hints file:

hint.mdio.0.at="ix1"
hint.e6000sw.0.addr=0
hint.e6000sw.0.is6190=1
hint.e6000sw.0.port0disabled=1
hint.e6000sw.0.port9cpu=1
hint.e6000sw.0.port10cpu=1
hint.e6000sw.0.port9speed=2500
hint.e6000sw.0.port10speed=2500

reboot firebox m270
in the directory /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ created the file fbm270.sh and inserted the following into it:

#!/bin/sh
#
# Script to setup the switch in the M270
#
# SteveW 5/6/2020
#

echo "Configuring switch..."
logger Configuring switch...

etherswitchcfg vlangroup1 vlan 1 members 9
etherswitchcfg vlangroup2 vlan 2 members 3,4,5,6,7,8,10
etherswitchcfg vlangroup3 vlan 3 members 2,4,5,6,7,8,10
etherswitchcfg vlangroup4 vlan 4 members 2,3,5,6,7,8,10
etherswitchcfg vlangroup5 vlan 5 members 2,3,4,6,7,8,10
etherswitchcfg vlangroup6 vlan 6 members 2,3,4,5,7,8,10
etherswitchcfg vlangroup7 vlan 7 members 2,3,4,5,6,8,10
etherswitchcfg vlangroup8 vlan 8 members 2,3,4,5,6,7,10
etherswitchcfg vlangroup9 vlan 9 members 1
etherswitchcfg vlangroup10 vlan 10 members 2,3,4,5,6,7,8
etherswitchcfg port1 forwarding
etherswitchcfg port2 forwarding
etherswitchcfg port3 forwarding
etherswitchcfg port4 forwarding
etherswitchcfg port5 forwarding
etherswitchcfg port6 forwarding
etherswitchcfg port7 forwarding
etherswitchcfg port8 forwarding

echo "done"
logger done

run it chmod +x fbm270.sh
run it ./fbm270.sh
reboot firebox m270
after loading pfsence

firebox m270 ports 0-7 light up when a patch cord is connected. But the device itself is not available via IP 192.168.1.1 on ports 1-7. In the settings, wan chose to connect via dhcp, but with firebox m270 gigabit Ethernet 0 there are no requests to get an ip address via dhcp.
Switch Configuration:

etherswitch0: VLAN mode: PORT
port1:
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
        status: active
port2:
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex,master>)
        status: active
port3:
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port4:
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port5:
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port6:
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port7:
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port8:
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port9:
        state=1<DISABLED>
        flags=1<CPUPORT>
        media: Ethernet 2500Base-KX <full-duplex>
        status: active
port10:
        state=1<DISABLED>
        flags=1<CPUPORT>
        media: Ethernet 2500Base-KX <full-duplex>
        status: active
vlangroup1:
        port: 1
        members 9
vlangroup2:
        port: 2
        members 3,4,5,6,7,8,10
vlangroup3:
        port: 3
        members 2,4,5,6,7,8,10
vlangroup4:
        port: 4
        members 2,3,5,6,7,8,10
vlangroup5:
        port: 5
        members 2,3,4,6,7,8,10
vlangroup6:
        port: 6
        members 2,3,4,5,7,8,10
vlangroup7:
        port: 7
        members 2,3,4,5,6,8,10
vlangroup8:
        port: 8
        members 2,3,4,5,6,7,10
vlangroup9:
        port: 9
        members 1
vlangroup10:
        port: 10
        members 2,3,4,5,6,7,8

Do not tell me what I did wrong or what else needs to be done to make the firebox m270 work?
Thank you.

stephenw10

You can see the internal ports 9 and 10 are disabled. You need to add to the script:

etherswitchcfg port9 forwarding
etherswitchcfg port10 forwarding

That is a change in the default behaviour of the switch since I first looked at it.

Steve

zhellalex

@stephenw10

stephenw10

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zhellalex

@stephenw10 Thank you.
Everything worked.

shaker

I stephenw10,

sorry for the late reply, I was on business.

My etherswitchcfg shows this:

[23.01-RELEASE][root@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: etherswitchcfg
etherswitch0: VLAN mode: DOT1Q
port1:
        pvid: 110
        state=1<DISABLED>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port2:
        pvid: 120
        state=1<DISABLED>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
        status: active
port3:
        pvid: 130
        state=1<DISABLED>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port4:
        pvid: 140
        state=1<DISABLED>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port5:
        pvid: 150
        state=1<DISABLED>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port6:
        pvid: 160
        state=1<DISABLED>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port7:
        pvid: 170
        state=1<DISABLED>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port8:
        pvid: 180
        state=1<DISABLED>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port9:
        pvid: 1
        state=1<DISABLED>
        flags=1<CPUPORT>
        media: Ethernet 2500Base-KX <full-duplex>
        status: active
port10:
        pvid: 1
        state=1<DISABLED>
        flags=1<CPUPORT>
        media: Ethernet 2500Base-KX <full-duplex>
        status: active
vlangroup0:
        vlan: 1
        members 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
vlangroup1:
        vlan: 110
        members 1,9t
vlangroup2:
        vlan: 120
        members 2,10t
vlangroup3:
        vlan: 130
        members 3,10t
vlangroup4:
        vlan: 140
        members 4,10t
vlangroup5:
        vlan: 150
        members 5,10t
vlangroup6:
        vlan: 160
        members 6,10t
vlangroup7:
        vlan: 170
        members 7,10t
vlangroup8:
        vlan: 180
        members 8,10t

What should I do next?

stephenw10

All the ports are in state DISABLED so the script did not set them to FORWARDING correctly.

Otherwise it looks good.

shaker

This is the script:

#!/bin/sh
#

echo "Configuring switch..."
logger Configuring switch...

etherswitchcfg config vlan_mode DOT1Q

etherswitchcfg vlangroup1 vlan 110 members 1,9t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup2 vlan 120 members 2,10t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup3 vlan 130 members 3,10t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup4 vlan 140 members 4,10t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup5 vlan 150 members 5,10t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup6 vlan 160 members 6,10t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup7 vlan 170 members 7,10t
etherswitchcfg vlangroup8 vlan 180 members 8,10t

etherswitchcfg port1 pvid 110
etherswitchcfg port2 pvid 120
etherswitchcfg port3 pvid 130
etherswitchcfg port4 pvid 140
etherswitchcfg port5 pvid 150
etherswitchcfg port6 pvid 160
etherswitchcfg port7 pvid 170
etherswitchcfg port8 pvid 180


echo "done"
logger done

Do I need some forwardings too?

stephenw10

Yes all the switch ports are disabled by default, you still need the section to set each port to forwarding. You might be able to combine that with the pvid. I've not tried that in one command.

shaker

Ok, now it looks like this:

etherswitch0: VLAN mode: DOT1Q
port1:
        pvid: 110
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port2:
        pvid: 120
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
        status: active
port3:
        pvid: 130
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port4:
        pvid: 140
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port5:
        pvid: 150
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port6:
        pvid: 160
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port7:
        pvid: 170
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port8:
        pvid: 180
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=0<>
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
port9:
        pvid: 1
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=1<CPUPORT>
        media: Ethernet 2500Base-KX <full-duplex>
        status: active
port10:
        pvid: 1
        state=8<FORWARDING>
        flags=1<CPUPORT>
        media: Ethernet 2500Base-KX <full-duplex>
        status: active
vlangroup0:
        vlan: 1
        members 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
vlangroup1:
        vlan: 110
        members 1,9t
vlangroup2:
        vlan: 120
        members 2,10t
vlangroup3:
        vlan: 130
        members 3,10t
vlangroup4:
        vlan: 140
        members 4,10t
vlangroup5:
        vlan: 150
        members 5,10t
vlangroup6:
        vlan: 160
        members 6,10t
vlangroup7:
        vlan: 170
        members 7,10t
vlangroup8:
        vlan: 180
        members 8,10t

I am going ahead and give it a try!
Thank you from here!

stephenw10

Hmm, probably should remove VLAN1 from the switch. That's interesting, I guess that must be a default. You could probably just change the vlan groups you're defining to start at 0 so it gets replaced. However it won't affect anything since the PVID on the ports is set something other than 1.

Steve

shaker

It works fine for now. I didn't connect everything at the moment. But I am able to connect now, receiving IP and can organize the VLANs.
As next I need to configure pfsense. Will take some time. thanks guys

verbatim419

sorry to start the topic again.

I got an m270 and installed pfsense on it. I have inserted the hints for the switch but I can't insert the scripts, keeps throwing me an error No such file or directory when run comand chmod +x for sript
I new and sory for my english

stephenw10

You need to create those files.

How are you running those commands exactly?

verbatim419

@stephenw10 I downloaded one file from the system that has the extension "sh" and modified it with the script gave in previous posts, after which I transferred the file to the "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/" folder. After saving, I tried to start the shell both via the console and via the guia, but it threw out the above error. I writen script in notepad++. I'm a beginner when it comes to these things, so I apologize for some banalities.