SFP Trunk Port Possible On Netgate SG2100?
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Howdy!
I'm wondering if the SFP port which is apart of the WAN 'combo port' on an SG2100 can be used as a trunk port to a Unifi switch for VLANs and at the same time, the rj45 WAN combo port can still be used as the uplink to the internet provider? And if yes, how would one go about configuring this?
Thank you in advance.
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Update
Per -> https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/netgate-2100/io-ports.html'The WAN Combo-Port is shared between an RJ-45 port and an SFP port. Only one port can be used'.
So perhaps my original question has morphed to: 'can i use the SFP port as a trunk and configure one of the LAN 1-4 ports to be used as my wan port? And if yes, how to go about doing so?'
Please advise.
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@EmJeezy said in SFP Trunk Port Possible On Netgate SG2100?:
configure one of the LAN 1-4 ports to be used as my wan port
yep, see
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/netgate-2100/configuring-the-switch-ports.htmlReverse the steps to undo.
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@SteveITS Thanks Steve, will take a look. How about the SFP port and configuring and using it as a trunk? I am planning to connect it to my unifi switch.
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@EmJeezy In general any interface in pfSense can be used for whatever you want to use it for. Use Interfaces>Interface Assignments to reassign. Just realize that will likely cut you off due to the IP change so I'd do it from a third port or maybe the console.
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@SteveITS Yeah still a bit confused. While that documentation shows how to create 'discrete' ports, doesn't necessarily go into creating a discrete WAN port which is what I'm after. This seems a bit more on par with what I'm trying to accomplish but it's for an SG1100 -> https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/sg-1100/opt-wan.html though I'd image a similar config and or concept would apply? I'm thinking first step, change the current WAN interface network port from 'mvneta0' to 'mvneta1' which is the LAN but then what would the VLAN tags need to be adjusted to? Any example configs on turning LAN1 port on an SG2100 into a WAN port?
Goal = configure LAN port 1 as the new WAN port, essentially freeing up the SFP WAN 'combo port' so I can configure it as a trunk port that I can plug a switch (that is doing vlans) into.
Thanks.
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@EmJeezy The 1100 is a 3 port switch with VLANs already preconfigured to isolate the ports.
If you follow through the 2100 doc you’ll have an isolated port. You can use 1 or 4 it doesn’t matter. Then go back to interfaces and flip the WAN and OPT assignment so your OPT is your SFP and WAN is port 4.
You could probably/theoretically flip WAN and LAN but that would put all 4 switch ports on WAN. What you’re asking for is a third port.
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@SteveITS Copy. Looking into..
Thank you.
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@SteveITS Got about some of the way there. I successfully have port 1 seemingly operating as an additional wan port. but no luck getting the sfp combo port set as an additional LAN port so I can make it a trunk. That being said, is there any real benefit to making this sfp port the uplink port from a connected switch? My thought was, since we'd be plugging the unifi switch into the sfp port on the SG2100, that would give us greater bandwidth/speed but after looking into it more, it seems that this combo port containing an rj45 interface and the sfp interface, each of those ports are the same speed? (1Gbps)? If that is the case, then nevermind on using the sfp port as the switch uplink port. May as well just use one of the LAN 1-4 ports as config would be much easier anyhow and i'd get the same speed.
Thoughts?
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@EmJeezy I don’t know. https://shop.netgate.com/products/sfp-10gbase-sr-transceiver on the 2100 page says 10g. But the 2100 isn’t going to pass 1g from WAN to LAN anyway, it’ll likely be CPU limited. I would think more 700-800.
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@EmJeezy I have been looking at this the Netgate official site offers SFP transceivers for sale for the SG2100
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All Ports of the 2100 are 1G, if you want 10G you need a 6100, who are two 10G Ports.
