Subj : Rabbit Hole Ahoy!
To   : Accession
From : Vorlon
Date : Tue Aug 06 2024 14:15:50


Hello Accession!

05 Aug 24 16:47, you wrote to me:

 V>> The only limitation is requiring two nic's on the server, and the
 V>> server it's self having to be up for the internet to work.

 Ac> How would that work?

 Ac> Do you treat one as incoming from the wall, run it through pfsense,
 Ac> and then use the other as outgoing to like a 4 port switch or
 Ac> something to feed the rest of the house?

 Ac> Then, what about the other VMs on that same machine running esxi?

One of the nic's is to the wall (network termination device) and is added to pfsense. Then another virtual nic is
added to pfsense just like any of your current vm's have, on the servers virtual switch.

The servers normal nic is still conncted to your local network as normal.




Vorlon


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