Hello Hive mind,
Apologies if I'm just super dense about this...
I have a proxmox setup that is configured as follows:
WAN (Xfinity DHCP) => Netgear Nighthawk Router/AP with a 192.168.1.1 address
Proxmox appliance port enp1s0 interface assigned 192.168.1.0 address from the Nighthawk.
PFsense running in a proxmox VM configured to route 192.168.0 to network 172.16.16.0 which sites on physical interface enp2s0
Both are running as linux bridges with enp1s0 assigned a CIDR with the nighthawk IP as the gateway and enp2s0 not being assigned a CIDR or gateway.
Routing is working great and so are are so are the firewall rules for 172.16.18.0 network
I can access both proxmox and pfsense web consoles from a machine sitting on the wired 172.16.16.0 network today
All of my wireless devices are still pulling DHCP from the Nighthawk on the 192.168.1.0 network.
The PFsense VM is also pulling a 192.168.1.0 DHCP address from the Nighthawk
What I want to do:
Use the ProxMox/PfSense router as my primary router and only use the Nighthawk behind the new firewall in AP mode to connect my wireless devices.
If I just swap the firewall appliance in, it will get whatever Ip Xfinity assigns me on port enp1s0 and route that to the 172.16.16.0 network.
The thing that is puzzling me is how to configure proxmox .and get a valid 172.16.16.0 address on the Lan side for PFSense since PFsense is doing the actual routing at this point so until the vm starts up, nothing is being routed.
I'm probably not explaining this well but it seems like chicken and egg problem...
1. Proxmox gets a WAN address but how does PFSense get a LAN address?
2. Is it something I'm not understanding about the way bridges work in ProxMox?
3. Do I just assign a CIDR and Gateway on the second interface on the 172.16.16.0 network before I switch over?
Thanks in advance for any insight or help.
Apologies if I'm just super dense about this...
I have a proxmox setup that is configured as follows:
WAN (Xfinity DHCP) => Netgear Nighthawk Router/AP with a 192.168.1.1 address
Proxmox appliance port enp1s0 interface assigned 192.168.1.0 address from the Nighthawk.
PFsense running in a proxmox VM configured to route 192.168.0 to network 172.16.16.0 which sites on physical interface enp2s0
Both are running as linux bridges with enp1s0 assigned a CIDR with the nighthawk IP as the gateway and enp2s0 not being assigned a CIDR or gateway.
Routing is working great and so are are so are the firewall rules for 172.16.18.0 network
I can access both proxmox and pfsense web consoles from a machine sitting on the wired 172.16.16.0 network today
All of my wireless devices are still pulling DHCP from the Nighthawk on the 192.168.1.0 network.
The PFsense VM is also pulling a 192.168.1.0 DHCP address from the Nighthawk
What I want to do:
Use the ProxMox/PfSense router as my primary router and only use the Nighthawk behind the new firewall in AP mode to connect my wireless devices.
If I just swap the firewall appliance in, it will get whatever Ip Xfinity assigns me on port enp1s0 and route that to the 172.16.16.0 network.
The thing that is puzzling me is how to configure proxmox .and get a valid 172.16.16.0 address on the Lan side for PFSense since PFsense is doing the actual routing at this point so until the vm starts up, nothing is being routed.
I'm probably not explaining this well but it seems like chicken and egg problem...
1. Proxmox gets a WAN address but how does PFSense get a LAN address?
2. Is it something I'm not understanding about the way bridges work in ProxMox?
3. Do I just assign a CIDR and Gateway on the second interface on the 172.16.16.0 network before I switch over?
Thanks in advance for any insight or help.
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