Internal pfsense setup and issues
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Hello,
I am running pfsense 2.2.2 as an ESXi 5.5 VM for an internal firewall so that I can place our development VMs in a different subnet and control the access the VMs have to the main LAN and WAN. Here's the current setup:
WAN Interface
IPv4: 192.168.5.2/24 (only way I could get this working).
GW: 192.168.5.1 (pfSense 2.1.5 providing main LAN and WAN access for domain)
vNIC: E1000
pNIC: Broadcom BCM5720 Gigabit (Dell R720 onboard)DevNet, nested LAN
IPv4: 10.101.101.1/24
vNIC: E1000
pNIC: Intel 82571EB Gigabit (Dell R720 expansion card)I'm running into issues with the occasional dropped ping, which normally wouldn't be a big issue, but several of the VMs are used with software that just does not do well with dropped packets.
Should I try creating a second link to the main LAN on the other Intel port and changing the WAN to that pNIC? I saw one forum post that seemed similar, but it was due to the management network running over the same pNIC as the LAN traffic. I have mine segmented out on another pNIC.
Any advice would be helpful!
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Freebsd 10 needs esxi 5.5 u2 Build 2068190 or better.
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This might be the issue, then. I'll update and re-post when finished. Thanks!
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Freebsd 10 needs esxi 5.5 u2 Build 2068190 or better.
Updating to 5.5 U3 seems to have cleared up the vast majority of the dropped packets. Only lost 1 in almost 4 days. Thanks for the help!