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    Where Am I Going Wrong? Single NIC Troubles

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      EChumBucket
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      Hey guys. I am so unbelievably frustrated and am in need of some guidance.

      I’m attempting to run pfSense on a system with only 1 NIC (HP EliteDesk 800 G3) and route my WAN and LAN traffic through VLANs 10 and 1 (respectively), but still be able to use the other 6 ports on the switch as normal. I’m using a Cisco SG250-8P switch set up as follows:

      Port 1 - pfSense Router: Trunked
      VLAN 1 - Untagged
      VLAN 10 - Tagged

      Port 2 - Modem/WAN: Access
      VLAN 1 - Excluded
      VLAN 10 - Untagged

      Ports 3-8 - Other Devices Eventually: Access
      VLAN 1 - Untagged
      VLAN 10 - Excluded

      It's not working. My WAN interface isn't getting an IP and I am getting no internet.

      What I'm seeing:

      • After plugging the WAN cable in from my modem to port 2, I see my traffic increase substantially on the Traffic Graphs
      • I’m not getting an IP on the WAN interface when I connect the WAN cable, which is what’s supposed to happen according to YouTube and I’m not getting access to the internet on an pay ports
      • In my firewall logs, every 2 minutes I seem to be blocking a private network from WAN. It’s an IGMP request, source: 172.22.81.209, destination: 224.0.0.1

      What I've tried:

      • Releasing and Renewing DHCP Lease on the WAN's interface
      • Disabled STP on my switch
      • Hitting it with a hammer

      What am I doing wrong? Also, I'm still new to networking so bear with me if I don't understand your technical vocabulary at first. Thanks!

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Cross-posted. Continues here: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/172245/single-nic-setup-not-working-as-it-should

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