Problem is I can't even run the windows software to manage anything so a 2nd vm probably won't help. As long as the wan/lan are in a disconnect state i'm stuck with the boot to esxi 4.1 since I can't even start the vm that has pfsense on it.

On 11/6/2014 11:09 AM, Ryan Coleman wrote:
I’ll be honest you shouldn’t rely on a VM to host your routing connection - I 
do it and I know I will be left in a lurch *AGAIN* (three times so far) so I 
keep a second and third VM spun up at all times in case the Guest OS goes wonky.

Make a new VM. That’s your easiest, cheapest route. After you do that and 
re-create your config (there’s a way to hack the old one on but I don’t 
recommend trying it… total PITA) buy a hardware version of pfSense, probably 
the APU from NetGate ($200 disassembled) and put that in the middle… you can 
still have your VM firewall doing the filtering (I’d probably recommend it) but 
you won’t have to worry about the VM failing being the issue.

Moral of the story: Snapshots.


On Nov 6, 2014, at 9:36 AM, Brian Caouette <bri...@dlois.com> wrote:

So my internet has been limited without pfsense online. I just replied to prior 
message from Bryan.

As an option in the future what is the least costly way to go with new 
hardware? I use squid for cache and traffic logging as well as content 
filtering. I also use captive portal were each child in the house has their own 
logon using radius that controls when they are allowed online. It doesn't have 
to support wifi as we have a commercial outdoor ap on the roof that covers the 
property so it would just plug into the lan and assigns ips to everyone over 
dhcp based on mac address of connecting device.

On 11/4/2014 11:14 AM, Jim Thompson wrote:
On Nov 4, 2014, at 6:15 AM, Ryan Coleman <ryan.cole...@cwis.biz> wrote:

As Jim pointed out so abruptly yesterday (and you have not acknowledged) is 
that you haven't stated what version of pfSense you are running is.
Without this, we're left to guess.
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