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    Port Spannig?

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      tmazzotta
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      I am running pfSense (1.2-RC1-Embedded) on a Soekris net4801 box (w/5 NIC's & the image installed on CF). I would like to configure to box to do port spanning (somethimes called port mirroring or even port monitoring). Basically, I'm running Websense on a windows box which I want to use as a content filtering engine for the LAN. For this to work, I need to forward all packets coming from my LAN to a port on the 4801 which I will connect the Websense machine to. I already have the 3 "OPT" ports bridged into my LAN port, which works fine, but I'm not sure what to do next. You would basically need a similar configuration if you wanted to run an IDS or packet analyzer (wireshark, etc.) on the LAN.

      I currently have a "working" system by connecting the pfSense and Websense boxes via an old "dumb hub" (as opposed to a switch). My objective is to dispose of the hub, since it is ancient, and it's very difficult to find true "dumb" hubs on the market these days.

      Since I am a newbie when it comes to pfSense, I appologize, in advance, if the setup is either trivial, well documented (RTFM), or totally unsupported. Thanks! Any help would be appreciated.

      P.S. From the BSD Handbook, Section 29.5 (Bridging) -
            To send a copy of all frames out the interface named fxp4:
                  # ifconfig bridge0 span fxp4

      Seems like this is exactly what I want to do; is there a way to do this from pfSense? Can I modify rc.conf to get this to work without breaking something?

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        rrbranco
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        AFAIC this is supposed to be done by the switch (if its able to do so) where's pfsense is plugged.

        Regards from Rio de Janeiro.

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