Newbie help for home setup

[medevil84]

Hello everyone!
I recently purchased a mini PC (Minisforum MS-01) that comes equipped with two SFP+ ports and two 2.5Gb Ethernet ports. My plan is to use it as a router replacement (even though I know it's not the typical setup, I'm not too worried about that) by running OpenWRT in a virtual machine. Besides the router function, the mini PC will also handle a dedicated VM for home automation—and probably more VMs in the future.

I've tried installing Proxmox and OpenWRT, but nothing has worked so far. I already have a good grasp of the basics of installing Proxmox, performing PCI passthrough, and installing OpenWRT, so I'm looking for guidance on how to configure everything according to these requirements:

• SFP+ Ports: Both should be directly assigned to OpenWRT via PCI passthrough. OpenWRT will use one as the WAN interface, while the other, along with the two 2.5Gb Ethernet ports, will serve as the LAN.
• 2.5Gb Ethernet Ports: They don’t need to be assigned via passthrough.
• Proxmox GUI Access: I need the Proxmox GUI to be accessible from both the virtual machines and any clients physically connected to the mini PC.
• Internet Access: Proxmox's internet access should pass through OpenWRT.
• LAN IP Scheme: I would prefer the LAN clients to use the 10.x.x.x IP range.

Can anyone help me set up a new Proxmox installation correctly? Any extra tips on configuring the network in OpenWRT would also be greatly appreciated!

 

[jcircle]

As you have SFP+ Ports and 2.5Gb Ethernet Ports, I would set proxmox up to use the 2.5 ports for "main proxmox" and the second up for bridge.
pass your SPF ports the way you want, and insure the proxmox nic port is put on the network with your openWRT lan. not sure what your question is as for your ip settings just set your ip for your prox console "main" interface on the 10.x.x.100 or something. I assume openWRT will be x.1 or something.

 

[medevil84]

Thanks for the support. I was able to configure proxmox and openwrt but tought my skill where not adeguate because I couldn't get both of my pcs to navigate via ethernet (i have still the wifi to configure). Turns out that the cable i was using was damaged, and when I tried with another cable it all worked as it should! Lesson learnt: trash the broken cables instead of storing them...