Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search
    • Register
    • Login

    Hardware Ports to LAN

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General pfSense Questions
    4 Posts 3 Posters 502 Views 3 Watching
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • TMGT Offline
      TMG
      last edited by

      Hello,
      I am new here and come from the Unifi UDM pro.
      I have pfSense running on a 4 port MiniPC and have a question about port assignment.
      Currently I only have WAN and LAN configured.
      igc0 = LAN
      igc3 = WAN

      86e0068b-1c57-4588-bae9-5155beefec6f-image.png

      How can I use igc1/igc2 as a normal port for the LAN network.
      Because I am missing 2 ports on the Unifi switch at this point. Or do you say that is not good to do that :)
      What exactly do I have to do here?

      S S 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • S Offline
        slu @TMG
        last edited by slu

        @TMG
        you need a bridge, see:
        https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/bridges/index.html

        pfSense Gold subscription

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
        • TMGT Offline
          TMG
          last edited by TMG

          Ok, I've done it.
          But it's a little bit tricky
          This video help me
          Youtube Video

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • S Offline
            SteveITS Rebel Alliance @TMG
            last edited by

            @TMG Just note that with a bridge all packets between those computers goes through the router. So that could impact CPU usage on it for example, or network speed.

            Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
            When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to reboot, or more depending on packages, and device or disk speed.
            Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
            • First post
              Last post
            Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.