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      unififcf
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      hello,

      Is there a way to disable ports: Eth5 and Eth6 if not in use?

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        rcoleman-netgate Netgate @unififcf
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        @unififcf Not in the sense that you could disable ADMIN mode but if you created a VLAN in the Switches menu and assigned those ports to that PVID you'd effectively do that.

        Make sure to assign both 5 & 6 to the vlan untagged (and not add 9 or 10 tagged) and then you really just have made an ETH bridge/repeater but that's about all you can do to disable them.

        Giving them individual vlans (that don't go to the pf side at all, so no tagging 9 or 10) will isolate the ports and stop traffic in its tracks.

        Ryan
        Repeat, after me: MESH IS THE DEVIL! MESH IS THE DEVIL!
        Requesting firmware for your Netgate device? https://go.netgate.com
        Switching: Mikrotik, Netgear, Extreme
        Wireless: Aruba, Ubiquiti

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          unififcf @rcoleman-netgate
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          @rcoleman-netgate

          OK.

          since I am not very good here...
          here is what I did:

          2022-05-01_184836.jpg 2022-05-01_184702.jpg

          I then enabled the interface with no ip address.

          would this be correct?

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            rcoleman-netgate Netgate @unififcf
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            @unififcf The switch configuration is not the interfaces... it's a completely different part of pfSense that is only for the hardware we sell that has built-in switches.
            Further reading: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/xg-7100-1u/configuring-the-switch-ports.html

            Ryan
            Repeat, after me: MESH IS THE DEVIL! MESH IS THE DEVIL!
            Requesting firmware for your Netgate device? https://go.netgate.com
            Switching: Mikrotik, Netgear, Extreme
            Wireless: Aruba, Ubiquiti

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              unififcf @rcoleman-netgate
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              @rcoleman-netgate

              OK let me do some reading.

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                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                You could just force the media type to 'none' on the ports tab there for 5 and 6. That will prevent anything connecting to them.

                Screenshot from 2022-05-02 16-43-07.png

                Steve

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                  unififcf @stephenw10
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                  @stephenw10

                  Thanks... That's Great!

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