Need Advice on a Certain Setup
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I am not certain where to put this one, but the question(s) will be routing and portforward and some others perhaps.
here it goes:
some illustration(s):
internet -> modem -> pfsense -> dumb switch -> [esxi/kvm server -> dumb switch -> other pc][virtual machine #1 -> dumb switch #1 -> other pc (contains 1 to 5 PC's)]
[virtual machine #2 -> dumb switch #2 -> other pc (contains 1 to 5 PC's)]
[virtual machine #3 -> dumb switch #3 -> other pc (contains 1 to 5 PC's)]
[virtual machine #4 -> dumb switch #4 -> other pc (contains 1 to 5 PC's)]a bit more explanations on the illustration(s):
I have the modem on bridge mode.
I have pfsense (intel atom) doing the pppoe/routing/firewall/portforward/etc.inside the 'server' will host a maximum of 4 virtual machine (almost identical)
the server will have 5 physical NIC/LAN.
1 port NIC/LAN will act to provide internet access to the 4 virtual machines.
each virtual server will have a dedicated physical NIC/LAN (1 for each server) facing a switch.
these servers will act as a dhcp/router functions to the other PC's connected to the dumb switch.my question(s):
in terms of portforward/creating rules on pfsense, can you foresee any problems this setup may contain?if something here is not that clear, I'll try to elaborate on it if needed.
thanks in advance!
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Why not do the whole thing with one pfSense box and VLANs? Or a pfSense box with 5 NICs? Or one pfSense VM?
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Why not do the whole thing with one pfSense box and VLANs? Or a pfSense box with 5 NICs? Or one pfSense VM?
seems to be one good way, never thought of this, I'll try to formulate if this will work with my setup, thanks sir!