Help Need Replicating Current Network

[kenw]

Hi guys:

Here is my current setup. I have an SG-1100 (v 23.09.*) connected to a cable modem (WAN), managed switch (LAN) and wireless access port (OPT). The SG-1100 provides DHCP, DNS, VLANs for my network. This setup is working fine. I’d like to replicate this setup on a second network using Pfsense CE 2.7 on a PC with 2 NICs, but connected to a different managed switch for its LAN and have internet access through the cable modem. Don’t need an AP on the second network. I want to do this to have a separate environment to test pfsense and managed switch configurations without impacting users on the first network. I want the same services on both networks (including DHCP) for each network.

I’ve tried to set this up but can’t get LAN setup to work on the second network. I am particularly interested in DHCP as I know there are problems with two DHCP servers active in the same network. Also, by default I’ve noticed both pfsense instances have FQDN pfsense.home.arpa.

Any suggestions how to set this up would be greatly appreciated.

[johnpoz]

@kenw I do this with pfsense vms, both CE version and a + version..

I just put their wan into one of my other networks, 192.168.3.0/24 which I call my dmz off my pfsense..

Highly doubt your cable "modem is going to allow you to get more than 1 public IP? Does your ISP provide that functionality?

[kenw]

@johnpoz I ended up virtualizing pfsense ce and a vlan on upstream pfsense as WAN. Thanks for your suggestion and help.