Pfsense 1 nic

[StefanSz]

Hi ,

I’m new to proxmox , pfsense and I have limited networking knowledge :( so not good to start with .

Current setup:
I have 2 x mini PC (AMD 5700g with a Inwin chopin case , so I can’t install anything in the pcie slot) with proxmox installed on both (in cluster mode) , the itx motherboard has only 1 network port and Wi-Fi .

I also have a Synology NAS server , with 2 network ports .

I have a Wi-Fi router from my ISP with 5 network ports and one network port for the ISP network , with ppoe configured already with some vlan config as well (to connect to the isp network - it came preconfigured) .

The router from the isp is acting as dhcp and has some port forwarding setup for my Plex server that runs on the NAS .

Both mini pcs are connected to my wifi router using network cable , also the Synology NAS is connected to the Wi-Fi router , but I’m using 2 ports for extra bandwidth (so 4 out of 5 ports are already in use)

In the house I have a multitude of devices all connected to the Wi-Fi (tvs , laptops , other computers)

The isp router already has some username password configured against it for pppoe, but I can’t view the password , so it needs to be the main device connected to the isp network

I want all my proxmox VMs, Synology NAS , and other physical devices to route all traffic via the pfsense vm . Is this possible or What are my options ? Alternatively, I’m happy to dedicate 1 mini pc to run pfsense bare metal without proxmox . The main goal is to have pfsense in front of all my devices

I can purchase usb network adaptors and try to do pass though (if using proxmox), but I don’t know how good they are if going via usb , also don’t know if this will help with anything . I’m open to suggestions . Thanks

[viragomann]

@stefansz said in Pfsense 1 nic:

I can purchase usb network adaptors and try to do pass though (if using proxmox), but I don’t know how good they are if going via usb

USB network cards are not recommended to be used with pfSense.
You may set it up on Proxmox and bridge it to pfSense though, but then it's on Proxmox / Debian, how they perform. I don't know.

Anyway, to connect all your devices behind pfSense, you need a switch at all. So get a VLAN capable switch, then you can also go with only one NIC on pfSense and set up WAN and LAN on VLANs.