[pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?

2006-11-08 Thread Nathan Osborne
Hi everyone,I have a pretty basic VLAN question that I haven't been able to find the answer to:  Can pfSense do VLAN trunking?  More specifically:  I'm installing a Metro Ethernet connection with pfSense boxes on each end.  I need to tag all traffic sent over the Metro Ethernet connection with a sp

Re: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?

2006-11-08 Thread SDamron
I could be wrong, but don't think I am...You need a switch (802.1Q) in between the pfsense boxen. On 11/8/06, Nathan Osborne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi everyone, I have a pretty basic VLAN question that I haven't been able to find the answer to: Can pfSense do VLAN trunking? More specifica

RE: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?

2006-11-08 Thread John Cianfarani
@pfsense.com Subject: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?   Hi everyone, I have a pretty basic VLAN question that I haven't been able to find the answer to:  Can pfSense do VLAN trunking?  More specifically:  I'm installing a Metro Ethernet connection with pfSense boxes on each end.  I need

Re: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?

2006-11-08 Thread Bill Marquette
On 11/8/06, Nathan Osborne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi everyone, I have a pretty basic VLAN question that I haven't been able to find the answer to: Can pfSense do VLAN trunking? More specifically: I'm installing a Metro Ethernet connection with pfSense boxes on each end. I need to tag all

RE: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?

2006-11-08 Thread Craig FALCONER
From: Nathan Osborne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 9 November 2006 3:19 a.m. To: support@pfsense.com Subject: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking? Hi everyone, I have a pretty basic VLAN question that I haven't been able to find the answer to: Can pfSense do VLAN trunking? M

Re: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?

2006-11-08 Thread Scott Ullrich
On 11/8/06, Craig FALCONER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Should work - I've been playing with vlans and got it all working. The only weirdness I have left to solve is why my vlan only works if there's a tcpdump -i vlan0 > /dev/null & running on my pfsense box. If thats not running I simply see no

RE: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?

2006-11-08 Thread Craig FALCONER
From: Scott Ullrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On 11/8/06, Craig FALCONER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Should work - I've been playing with vlans and got it all working. >> >> The only weirdness I have left to solve is why my vlan only works if >> there's a tcpdump -i vlan0 > /dev/null & >> runn

Re: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?

2006-11-08 Thread Scott Ullrich
On 11/8/06, Craig FALCONER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Scott Ullrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On 11/8/06, Craig FALCONER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Should work - I've been playing with vlans and got it all working. >> >> The only weirdness I have left to solve is why my vlan only works

Re: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?

2006-11-08 Thread Bill Marquette
On 11/8/06, Scott Ullrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 11/8/06, Craig FALCONER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Scott Ullrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On 11/8/06, Craig FALCONER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Should work - I've been playing with vlans and got it all working. > >> > >> The

Re: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?

2006-11-08 Thread Nathan Osborne
Thanks everyone, it worked.For future reference, here's how:  I created a new VLAN and assigned it to the Metro Ethernet interface.  Then I added the VLAN as a new interface and enabled it, assigning a static IP in a different IP range from the Metro Ethernet interface.  I rebooted next for the sys

RE: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?

2006-11-08 Thread Craig FALCONER
Title: Message So you have a two-way metrosexual connection? -Original Message-From: Nathan Osborne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 9 November 2006 9:39 a.m.To: support@pfsense.comSubject: Re: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?It's a pretty short distanc

Re: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?

2006-11-08 Thread Chris Buechler
Bill Marquette wrote: Doesn't really make any sense. We already are doing a background TCPDUMP to get the firewall logs. On pflog0. This is on the vlan interface which really is bizarre. I could see if for some reason the physical fxp interface wasn't in PROMISC mode needing to do it for th

RE: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?

2006-11-08 Thread Craig FALCONER
Heya - not wishing to argue, but I'm really telling the truth. vlan0 is 192.168.200.1/24 and the workstation is at 192.168.200.2 # ping 192.168.200.2 PING 192.168.200.2 (192.168.200.2): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.168.200.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=4.221 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.200.2: icmp_se

Re: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?

2006-11-08 Thread Chris Buechler
Craig FALCONER wrote: Heya - not wishing to argue, but I'm really telling the truth. Oh, hey Craig, didn't realize it was you that started this. :) All I can think of is more Nokia weirdness. This is an IP330 with three on-board NICs. The IPxxx boxes certainly do have "special" NIC

RE: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?

2006-11-08 Thread Charles Sprickman
On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Craig FALCONER wrote: Heya - not wishing to argue, but I'm really telling the truth. Here's kind of an out of left field idea... Someone mentioned that running tcpdump on a vlan interface actually *breaks* it. By "breaks", I'm betting that means "sends the vlan traffic

Re: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?

2006-11-08 Thread Chris Buechler
Charles Sprickman wrote: Here's kind of an out of left field idea... Someone mentioned that running tcpdump on a vlan interface actually *breaks* it. By "breaks", I'm betting that means "sends the vlan traffic without vlan tags". I'm not sure exactly what happens to break it, but sending th

RE: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?

2006-11-08 Thread Craig FALCONER
ig vlan0 mtu 1496 promisc" ? -Original Message- From: Charles Sprickman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 9 November 2006 2:32 p.m. To: support@pfsense.com Subject: RE: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking? On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Craig FALCONER wrote: > Heya - not wishing to

RE: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking?

2006-11-08 Thread Craig FALCONER
ember 2006 3:01 p.m. To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking? Charles Sprickman wrote: > Here's kind of an out of left field idea... > > Someone mentioned that running tcpdump on a vlan interface actually > *breaks* it. By "breaks", I

RE: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking? SOLVED

2006-11-08 Thread Craig FALCONER
EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 9 November 2006 3:09 p.m. To: support@pfsense.com Subject: RE: [pfSense Support] VLAN trunking? Sorry I'm not the metro guy. I have a pfsense box plugged into a non-managed switch, so the vlan MTU had to be dropped to 1496. The pfsense box only sees traffic o