<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Incoming VLAN traffic fails to reach VLAN interface if PCP != 0 (ESXi)]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hello everybody,</p>
<p dir="auto">I have a very simple problem: on my (virtual) setup incoming VLAN traffic fails to reach the related VLAN interface if PCP is set to anything else than the default value (0).<br />
It stops at the parent interface.</p>
<p dir="auto">The test setup is:<br />
pfSense1 (opt1/VLAN1) –- vSwitch (dedicated, trunk ports) --- pfSense2 (opt1/VLAN1)<br />
Host: ESXi 5.5 on a Dell Powerdge 2900 II (integrated BMC5708 NICs)<br />
NICs: E1000 virtual adapters (but same problem with VMXNET3)<br />
pfSense: 2.1.3 (but same problem with current 2.2-alpha)</p>
<p dir="auto">pfSense1 interface:</p>
<pre><code>em2_vlan1: flags=8843 &lt;up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast&gt;metric 0 mtu 1500
        options=3 &lt;rxcsum,txcsum&gt;ether 00:0c:29:1d:ab:59
        inet6 fe80::20c:29ff:fe1d:ab59%em2_vlan1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
        inet 10.1.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.1.1.255
        nd6 options=21 &lt;performnud,auto_linklocal&gt;media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT &lt;full-duplex&gt;)
        status: active
        vlan: 1 vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: em2&lt;/full-duplex&gt;&lt;/performnud,auto_linklocal&gt;&lt;/rxcsum,txcsum&gt;&lt;/up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast&gt; 
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<p dir="auto">pfSense2 interface:</p>
<pre><code>em2_vlan1: flags=8843 &lt;up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast&gt;metric 0 mtu 1500
        options=3 &lt;rxcsum,txcsum&gt;ether 00:0c:29:f9:fd:18
        inet6 fe80::20c:29ff:fef9:fd18%em2_vlan1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
        inet 10.1.1.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.1.1.255
        nd6 options=21 &lt;performnud,auto_linklocal&gt;media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT &lt;full-duplex&gt;)
        status: active
        vlan: 1 vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: em2&lt;/full-duplex&gt;&lt;/performnud,auto_linklocal&gt;&lt;/rxcsum,txcsum&gt;&lt;/up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast&gt; 
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<p dir="auto">If PCP is set to 0 on both, there is no problem (traffic goes through and machines can ping each other).<br />
If one or both have their PCP not set to 0 (even if it's identical on both sides) the problem appears.</p>
<p dir="auto">I don't understand how it could be a configuration problem, and yet if it's a bug it seems simple enough it would be surprising for it to have slipped through.<br />
Although I agree that the setup (ESXi + VLAN PCP) may be a bit uncommon.</p>
<p dir="auto">Any suggestion or idea is welcome.<br />
Also it may be similar to Issue #2613 (resolved): <a href="https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/2613" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/2613</a>.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/70761/incoming-vlan-traffic-fails-to-reach-vlan-interface-if-pcp-0-esxi</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:58:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.netgate.com/topic/70761.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2014 09:14:07 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Incoming VLAN traffic fails to reach VLAN interface if PCP != 0 (ESXi) on Fri, 04 Jul 2014 15:51:09 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">This is just quick test setup I put together with minimal configuration, to reproduce the problem in the simplest way.<br />
The actual setup is an usual single WAN pfSense box.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.netgate.com/post/470725</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.netgate.com/post/470725</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[clem68]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2014 15:51:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Incoming VLAN traffic fails to reach VLAN interface if PCP != 0 (ESXi) on Fri, 04 Jul 2014 12:19:01 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I dont get your setup…. Why 2 pfsense on the same interface and why do they broadcast on the same IP address??</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.netgate.com/post/470691</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.netgate.com/post/470691</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Supermule]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2014 12:19:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Incoming VLAN traffic fails to reach VLAN interface if PCP != 0 (ESXi) on Fri, 04 Jul 2014 11:58:03 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Well I guess I'll create a bug report.<br />
It would be interesting to see if anybody running ESXi can reproduce the problem tho.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.netgate.com/post/470685</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.netgate.com/post/470685</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[clem68]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2014 11:58:03 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>