6100 additional trunk ports
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Hi,
So I just got a 6100 and I m still facing an issue (hopefully the last one).
I searched for the doc, but couldn't find any.
Current setup : I have a bunch of vlan (ie 10, 20 , 30)
I have the interface LAN enabled and all the vlan above added through their own virtual interface
that basically give me a trunk with with the 3 vlans passing and the LAN interface on the native vlan (untagged)So now, I am trying to connect another switch on port ix2 (labelled WAN but I need to connect a switch through 1gb SFP)
so now, how do I get the same setup with the native vlan and the 3 vlans on the trunk to switch2 ?
Should I recreate all vlans but now on the different interface? and add them to the interface section and enable them ?
if so , what about IX2 ? just enabled but no conf on it ? or with an IP part of the native vlan .Or should I use another port that's not the WAN port ?
I m asking because that's what I did and the interface IX2 never come up (but the sub vlan interface on that interfaces are up)
Thank you!
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@gerry26500 said in 6100 additional trunk ports:
Hi,
So I just got a 6100 and I m still facing an issue (hopefully the last one).
I searched for the doc, but couldn't find any.
Current setup : I have a bunch of vlan (ie 10, 20 , 30)
I have the interface LAN enabled and all the vlan above added through their own virtual interface
that basically give me a trunk with with the 3 vlans passing and the LAN interface on the native vlan (untagged)So now, I am trying to connect another switch on port ix2 (labelled WAN but I need to connect a switch through 1gb SFP)
so now, how do I get the same setup with the native vlan and the 3 vlans on the trunk to switch2 ?
Should I recreate all vlans but now on the different interface? and add them to the interface section and enable them ?
if so , what about IX2 ? just enabled but no conf on it ? or with an IP part of the native vlan .Or should I use another port that's not the WAN port ?
I m asking because that's what I did and the interface IX2 never come up (but the sub vlan interface on that interfaces are up)
Thank you!
?? What you are asking makes no sense. PfSense is a L3 router/firewall, and as such is a gateway for traffic on a VLAN to reach other destinations.
What you are trying to do is making the same VLAN available on multiple different interfaces which makes no sense.If you need those VLANs on the other switch as well, connect trunk interfaces with those VLANs directly between the switchs, and let your current Trunk interface on pfSense be the gateway.
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@keyser Ok , thank you
I will need to rethink the network .
I have limitation so I cannot interconnect the 2 switches together and was hoping I could use a free port from the 6100Thanks
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@gerry26500 said in 6100 additional trunk ports:
@keyser Ok , thank you
I will need to rethink the network .
I have limitation so I cannot interconnect the 2 switches together and was hoping I could use a free port from the 6100Thanks
You could just elect to have different VLAN numbers and IP address subnets for devices on the other switch. Then the pfSense will route traffic between all your VLANs/IP networks.
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@gerry26500 You need to buy another switch that supports VLANS and connect your two switches off it.
An 8 Port switch would work.
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@keyser very true !
That's the solution. I appreciate ! -
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