<![CDATA[Multiple virtual interfaces on physical port]]>Hi,

Is it somehow possible to create multiple virtual interfaces on a physical port with its own mac addresses?

I can get multiple ip addresses assigned from my isp over dhcp and today i am running a switch in front of pfsense using multiple physical ports. But it would have been really nice to free up the ports and ditch the switch.

Thanks, Erik

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/182912/multiple-virtual-interfaces-on-physical-portRSS for NodeTue, 09 Jun 2026 03:09:57 GMTMon, 18 Sep 2023 21:46:18 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple virtual interfaces on physical port on Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:51:10 GMT]]>@kowi said in Multiple virtual interfaces on physical port:

Is it somehow possible to create multiple virtual interfaces on a physical port with its own mac addresses?

No. The MAC address is determined by the hardware. Also, how are you setting up those interfaces? VLANs? Virtual IP?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/1126242https://forum.netgate.com/post/1126242Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:51:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple virtual interfaces on physical port on Mon, 18 Sep 2023 22:30:02 GMT]]>@kowi - would setting up virtual IP addresses (VIPs) work in your situation?

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/firewall/virtual-ip-addresses.html

Hope this helps.

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