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    Port Spanning Howto

    General pfSense Questions
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      fatman
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      Hello,

      I'm hoping someone could help me answer some questions regarding setting up port spanning in pfsense 2.0. My plan is to monitor traffic going to and from the DMZ if possible.

      <isp>|
      (WAN)
      <pfsense>- DMZ (opt1)
      rl0(LAN)
      |
      PCs

      I noticed that there is an option that exists under interface - assign - bridges - add (advanced). However, when I attempt to set it up, it tells me that I need at least two interfaces in the bridge and the port set as the span interface cannot be part of the bridge.

      For this to work, do I need to add three NICs? Bridge Opt1(DMZ) with Opt2(DMZ) and then have opt3 for my span interface. This seems a little overkill and a cheep hub might be a better solution.

      Thanks in advance.

      Best regards,

      Fatman</pfsense></isp>

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        fatman
        last edited by

        Solution to my problem is here. http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=38911.0 However, I am unable to setup the bridge via the GUI. Anyone have the proper steps or can point me to a link that shows the process.

        thanks.

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