Netgate 7100-1U New NIC setup issues
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I have installed a new 2 port 10GB nic card x550-T2
After install it seems my port assigments are all over the place .Im trying to setup through console . I need to use new card as wan and port 10 sfp+ going to my switch.The console is showing me that new card is ix0 & ix1 and port 10 that i need for lan to switch is ix3.This is my setup in console
Wan…….ix0 (Ip obtained )
port 11
Lan …….ix3 (dhcp & gateway ip setup port 10Seems like devices connected to switch obtain dhcp ip from router but dont connect to network or cant connect to gateway to setup web interface.Am i missing something ?
Other options in console are
Ix1,ix2,ix4,ix5,lagg0.4090,lagg0.4091 would i do anything with these ? -
Console shows :
Valid interfaces are:
Ix0 intel x550-T2
Ix1 intel x550-T2
Ix2 intel x553 N (sfp+)
Ix3 intel x553 N (sfp+)
Ix4 intel x553 L (kr backplane)
Ix5 intel x553 L (kr backplane) -
The ports on the expansion card are parsed before the on-board ports and if they use the same driver, like the x550, become ix0/1 and offset the system NICs.
The WAN port on the card should not have a switch port set on it because it doesn't go through the switch. Set it to None.
The internal lagg should now be ix4 and ix5 to connect to the internal switch ports 9 and 10.
The LAN would then still be vlan 4091 on lagg0 if that's how you have it connected. So you probably just need to update the lagg ports for lagg0.
Steve
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Re-reading I might be misunderstanding what you are referring to as port 10 and port 11.
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@stephenw10 port 10 is the sfp+ insert to the left
Port 11 is the new card port to the right side -
So lan stays on lagg0.4091 ? even if im plugged into port 10 which is the sfp to the left how would i arrange through the console ?
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@stephenw10 i have a switch conected to the sfp + port 10 I dont use any ethernet ports on the router except the new card as wan
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You can reassign LAN to be anything. If you're not using the Eth1-8 (switch) ports then you don't need to worry about the lagg other than it is configured to be ix2/3 by default but those are now the on-board SFP ports and you are trying to use those.
You should still reconfigure the lagg to be ix4/5 so the switch ports can be used if needed.
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@stephenw10 so how would it look like in console?
I factory reset and it shows :
Wan > Lagg0.4090
Lan> laggo.4091 >v4 192.168.1.1
What would i setup from console if i need new card as wan and sfp port 10 as lan to switch -
As you posted above:
WAN > ix0
LAN > ix3 (port labelled ix1)But since ix2/3 are part of lagg0 by default you may be unable to assign ix3 until the lagg is re-assigned to ix4/5 or removed.
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@stephenw10 is there a way to do it from console ?
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Yes you can assign interfaces from the console. Use menu option 1.
Doing so will remove the old assignment so you will have no lagg configured after that. You would have to add it again afterwards in the gui if you wanted to use the Eth ports later.
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@stephenw10 how should my new assignments look like ?
Wan -ix0
Lan-ix3
Opt1-?
Opt2-?
Opt3-?
Opt4-?
Opt5-?
To witch of the above would i assign these :
Ix1;ix2,ix4,;ix5 ;lagg0.4090;lagg0.4091
Also i dont need vlans or do i have to setup vlans to do what i need done ? -
You don't need to assign anything more than WAN and LAN. You can then access the webgui and assign other interfaces if you need to.
What interfaces do need to end up with though?
You will need to use VLANs and a lagg on ix4/5 to access the switch ports for example.
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@stephenw10 hello;-) thats what i did
Wan -ixo which i got ip from modem
Lan -ix3 setup dhcp and gateway ipAfter that i cant connect to webgui or to network through switch or router -
Do i need to setup dhcp on switch ?
All i need is the sfp+ port and new nic card ethernet as wan
And when setting up dhcp and gateway ip After
When it gives me iption wan uostream ipv4 gateway i skip as its for wan ,right ? I wonder what else am i missing as i cant connect -
You are talking about an external switch connected to ix3 I assume?
There shouldn't be anything special required there, I would expect it to 'just work'.
Are you sure the switch is connected to ix3? Do you see link LEDs?
Run at the command line:
ifconfig ix3
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@stephenw10 its very weird as my devices connected to switch detecting dhcp from router but cant connect neans the ix3 is passing data to switch and is connected
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@Sammy2Netgo would the issue be related to switch set to l3 instead L2 im sure dhcp doesnt need to be running on the switch just the router as far as i know
Or would it be related to the port on the switch set to access port vs trunk port ?
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@Sammy2Netgo i was thinking about reverse engineering and setting dhcp on the switch and get the router to obtain ip from switch
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Just to confirm you are referring to some external switch connected to the on-board SFP port on the 7100 here?
Not the on-board switch in the 7100? Which is L2 only.
If your switch is set to layer 3 then it may be relaying the DHCP requests between two subnets but would not necessarily route traffic unless configured to do that.
Clients connected to the pfSense LAN expect to be in the same layer 2 segment. So, yes, having the switch setup as L3 could be causing this.
