Info best lan setting for pfSense

[tonycav]

I would like to install pfsense as a VM on my Dell 5070 SFF server
Currently I only have the integrated Intel I219-V network card to which I would like to add a second card
I would like to ask whether to buy a dual gigabit network card or add another Intel card with a single port?
Thank you very much for your time

 

[louie1961]

Just for the record, you don't actually need any additional hardware to do this if you have a managed switch. You can just create virtual NICs off of the one i-219V. But adding additional NICs is definitely easier.

To answer your original question, get a dual NIC card, or add two single port cards. whichever is easier to do and/or cheaper. You will appreciate having 3 NICs total if you want to virtualize pfSense on Proxmox. You can use the 219V for the management interface of Proxmox, and pass the other two NICs directly through to PfSense, one for WAN and one for LAN. I have done this before and its dead easy. You would hook the WAN NIC directly to your cable modem or other WAN device. the LAN NIC would connect to your switch to feed internet connectivity to all the devices on the switch. You would also use a separate connection to the switch to feed the 219V for access to the Proxmox node.

 

[tonycav]

All very clear
I can only say thank you
Preferences for dual lan card?

 

[egeuens]

get an intel based card, I use the 540-X2 and 550-X2

 

[tonycav]

too expensive for me
Mine is a home server, plus I do some testing
I saw this:
Dual Lan Card Intel

 

[louie1961]

I am sure that card will be fine

 

[tonycav]

I bought it, I'll let you know as soon as I install it
Thanks a lot

 

[tonycav]

I am sure that card will be fine

Network interface detected without problems
I would like some advice please
Now I have 3 network interfaces, is it better to use the additional card (WAN+LAN) for pfSense and leave the integrated one as a service?
Thanks so much for your time