Haggis Veteran Posted June 26, 2014 Veteran Share Posted June 26, 2014 Hi Guys I played about with Proxies last week and managed to get it working how i wanted to So this week i am having a go with pfSense I want to run it in a VM using KVM and eventually use it as the router for my network am i right in saying i would need two NIC's in my server? its a HP Microserver N54L goretsky 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshalus Veteran Posted June 27, 2014 Veteran Share Posted June 27, 2014 I don't know about KVM specifically, but I think if you're wanting to do an inline proxy or firewall going to need a pNIC for your external connection and a pNIC that connects to your internal network, with a corresponding vNIC out of the VM on each side of the network. I have an Untangle firewall running on my home ESXi server that does exactly this. My cable modem connects to one NIC port, and the other connects to my home switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted June 27, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted June 27, 2014 ok so i woul dhave the incoming WAN connection into a Physical NIC on my server, then another Physcical NIC connected to my switch yeah? I got as far as it trying to detect my WAN and it failed so i assumed this would be the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted June 27, 2014 MVC Share Posted June 27, 2014 Yeah you really need 2 physical nics - it could be done with vlans.. But no - min 2 physical nics. Curious question why KVM vs ESXi ? To be honest I would prob go with esxi, since its supported and works and lots of people doing it. Then if you want after some experience with actually running your router/firewall on VM platform if you want to give it a go on KVM you will be more prepared, etc. I have 4 pNics in my N40L - the one it came with and then I added a single and then a dual.. Can post the model numbers if you want. They were cheap!!! sc302 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted June 27, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted June 27, 2014 yeah model numbers would be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Fahim S. MVC Posted June 27, 2014 MVC Share Posted June 27, 2014 I use a pretty standard Intel desktop NIC in my N54L, in the PCIe x1 slot (the x8 slot has a RAID card in it). http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001CY0P7G/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1 My WAN traffic comes in on the onboard NIC with the Intel NIC connecting to the rest of the LAN. I have pfSense 2.1.3 64 bit running on ESXi 5.1. Make sure the card you buy is low profile. Edit: it just told me that 2.1.4 is now available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshalus Veteran Posted June 28, 2014 Veteran Share Posted June 28, 2014 ok so i woul dhave the incoming WAN connection into a Physical NIC on my server, then another Physcical NIC connected to my switch yeah? I got as far as it trying to detect my WAN and it failed so i assumed this would be the case Correct. I've been meaning to play around with pfSense for a while now, going to get it downloaded and try it out tonight. Gives me something to look at until my home Meraki gear arrives from Cisco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted June 28, 2014 MVC Share Posted June 28, 2014 yeah 2.1.4 has been out for couple days. The nics I bought - and yes make sure you get the low profile versions. I had emailed the amtech when I ordered the dual to make sure it was low profile. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000J3OPOU HP 412648-B21 NC360T PCI-Express DP GigaBit Adapter I paid $41, looks like its $29 now.. here is single nic http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106033 it comes with low profile bracket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Fahim S. MVC Posted June 28, 2014 MVC Share Posted June 28, 2014 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000J3OPOU HP 412648-B21 NC360T PCI-Express DP GigaBit Adapter I paid $41, looks like its $29 now.. That's an absolute bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted June 28, 2014 MVC Share Posted June 28, 2014 Yeah at 41 it was great at 29 it's a freaking steal ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshalus Veteran Posted June 28, 2014 Veteran Share Posted June 28, 2014 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000J3OPOU HP 412648-B21 NC360T PCI-Express DP GigaBit Adapter I paid $41, looks like its $29 now.. Nice find! Just picked up two of these myself. I've got a quad-port Intel in my main ESXi box, but it never hurts to have one of these around for other experiments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted June 29, 2014 MVC Share Posted June 29, 2014 make sure you contact the seller for the low profile bracket.. That is not the seller I bought from - I bought from amtech.. Which contacted and they asked me my order number and made sure I got the low profile one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted June 29, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted June 29, 2014 lol check the price of them on UK Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=HP%20412648-B21%20NC360T%20PCI-Express Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Fahim S. MVC Posted June 29, 2014 MVC Share Posted June 29, 2014 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-NC360T-412651-001-DUAL-GIGABIT-NETWORK-CARD-PCI-e-412646-001-HALF-HEIGHT-/221467925456?_trksid=p2054897.l4275 That took all of about a minute :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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