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    Proxmox hosted pfSense Netgate Device ID changes on reboot

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      jacky
      last edited by jacky

      Hi everyone,

      I have pfSense CE 2.7.0 installed under Proxmox with PCIe passthrough the NICs.

      The installation works fine and performance is good.

      However, I discovered the Netage Device ID changes every time the pfSense server was rebooted (without any changes on the VM configurations on Proxmox).

      I followed the documentation on pfSense website to install pfSense under Proxmox except I use PCIe passthrough NICs (and checked the PCI Express checkbox on the device).

      I also use PCIe passthrough my USB PCI device in order to allow pfSense to detect my USB mobile dongle properly.

      I didn't find anything specific related to the NDI changes on pfSense installation running under Proxmox.

      Do you experience the same behaviour? Do you have any suggestions to fix it? If I go for subscription, the changes in the NDI will cause troubles. Thanks.

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        NollipfSense @jacky
        last edited by

        @jacky said in Proxmox hosted pfSense Netgate Device ID changes on reboot:

        Do you experience the same behaviour?

        No...I don't believe that's possible.

        pfSense+ 23.09 Lenovo Thinkcentre M93P SFF Quadcore i7 dual Raid-ZFS 128GB-SSD 32GB-RAM PCI-Intel i350-t4 NIC, -Intel QAT 8950.
        pfSense+ 23.09 VM-Proxmox, Dell Precision Xeon-W2155 Nvme 500GB-ZFS 128GB-RAM PCIe-Intel i350-t4, Intel QAT-8950, P-cloud.

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          jacky @NollipfSense
          last edited by

          Hi @NollipfSense,

          Thanks for the reply.

          I did some more testings on my setup.

          I found that the USB mobile modem has a non-functioning USB NIC which has the MAC address changes after every reboot on the pfSense.

          The changes on the MAC address on this USB NIC is the cause of the changes of the NDI.

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            NollipfSense @jacky
            last edited by

            @jacky said in Proxmox hosted pfSense Netgate Device ID changes on reboot:

            The changes on the MAC address on this USB NIC is the cause of the changes of the NDI.

            Interesting, indeed; that will do it....

            pfSense+ 23.09 Lenovo Thinkcentre M93P SFF Quadcore i7 dual Raid-ZFS 128GB-SSD 32GB-RAM PCI-Intel i350-t4 NIC, -Intel QAT 8950.
            pfSense+ 23.09 VM-Proxmox, Dell Precision Xeon-W2155 Nvme 500GB-ZFS 128GB-RAM PCIe-Intel i350-t4, Intel QAT-8950, P-cloud.

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