Thank you SO MUCH for such a simple video! I don't know why I was struggling so much to get some good written documentation. Considering my networking skills is rusty, I was extremely apprehensive. Also, just the interface setup was getting messed up for some reason. I started out fresh with 2.6.0 and followed your guide and I am ready to rock already! I hope to put my lab to good use from now. Thank you again!!!
I don't know how much I can thank you!! I've been through hell configuring pfSense for the past 2 days. I had everything working when I had just one router. My layout was ISP Modem -> VMWare ESXI -> pfSense (running as VM on VMWare ESXI) -> Router (in Access Point mode) The moment I introduced a second router, I think I messed up a lot of the settings trying to give the second router an internet connection. I ended up having both routers act finicky where the internet was slow or completely stopped working. For some reason, my VMWare ESXI ended up receiving an IP address from pfSense (the VM running on itself) when it's supposed to get one from the ISP modem. So I ended up losing access to the web GUI for both pfSense and VMWare ESXI. It's VERY frustrating when something like that happens and your entire household requires an internet connection. I had to spend MANY hours resetting VMWare ESXI's network configuration just so that I can log in and delete pfSense. After deleting pfSense, I watched your tutorial as I can't find another one that has a similar setup as mine. Your tutorial has helped me understand how to set things up properly and understand the connection between a Port Group and a Virtual Switch (on VMWare ESXI). I'm so glad you explained about VLANs because I thought I had to enable that on my router. I ended up wasting a lot of time trying to configure my router's VLAN to connect with pfSense. I NOW understand how VLANs work with VMWare ESXI and how to set it up along with some firewall rules. Now when I wake up in the morning, I'm going to see if I can add another router as a second LAN to pfSense to facilitate a guest network. Even if that ends up not working, I don't really care as I'm just so happy that I can have at least one router in access point mode and VLANs working without any issue. Thank you so much!!
Wow, Thanks! I finally got it working. The hardest part is understanding the ESXI network interfaces and how they work (of course if you are new to ESXI). I just used the default VM Network & vSwitch0 as my LAN switch and port group, for now. will work with some VLANS once, I am complete. Using this to run my whole house, wifi and lab, so I still have to keep security in mind.
That allowed you to setup your pfsense in Exsi? For some reason it gives me an error about not enough physical adapters when I try to manage the uplink.
Thanks for the video. I configured the crap out of my pfsense and Unifi AC for days, just to see the VLAN 4095 "trick" in this video. Awesome. Keep it coming.
Thank you very much for this video. I've been looking everywhere for a few days on how to setup a firewall like an appliance on ESXi, using my ISP and physical LAN and using VLANs from my Cisco switch. I'm installing Palo Alto VM (for work training), but will look to do pfSense also. This is so helpful and just what I needed. Thanks again!
Thanks for the video. I don't have any external switch. I have VM's tagged with vlans and one VM untagged. all of them get IP via DHCP from pfsense VM. only untagged VM has internet access, tagged VM's have the IP from pfsense but no internet traffic.
why does your ESXi GUI look so different than mine? All I did was download ESXi 7.0 and install it bare metal and then I logged on through the web UI. Is this what the Vsphere side of it looks like or something?
How were you able to make all the vmnic work show up and active. I have a desktop machine processor: i5 cpu: 3.2GHz ram: 32BG nic1: Realtek (connected and active) nic2: Intel (connected and active) with esxi 6.5 installed. When I try to create a virtual switch and connect to another physical nic, I get the message, "There is no freww physcal adapters to attach to this virtual switch" Please assist. Thanks.
Firsr i would check that the dhcp service on this vlan is indeed turned on. Then, i would check that the port group is configured to use the correct vlan tag number. Finally, i would check on the pfsense virtual machine hardware settings the the lan virtual nic is configures to a port group with 4095 vlan tag (all)
great video. btw, pls explain why you setup LAN port group? doesn't appear to connect to anything. You are only using ALL + ISP for your two NICs? what do you use the LAN port group for?
If I already have esxi running with 10 vms and I plan to implement pfsense will I need to re create all my vms or can I setup pfsense normally and the adjust the new vms networks
Can pfsense network bridging be used on ESXi? I have a 6-port mini-PC using one port for management purposes, and one for the ISP/external link and one for the internal subnet. I would like to use the remaining 3 ports for the internal subnet also.
Hi, I am using 4 port NIC on ESXI Standalone server, I have installed MikroTik ISO in ESXi, Port num 0 is assigning WAN ip via DHCP to MikroTik WAN, so How do I use Port 1 as LAN for other machines on my network.
Which one is better Creating Vlan using unify switch and creating vlan using pfsense for esxi which one do you think is good? because I watch one of your videos where you were teaching how to create vlan on unify switch. So my question is do I have to create vlan on unify switch and at the same time create vlan on pfsense for esxi for better security?
you connect the modem to the physically to the esxi server. since we have created a virtual switch and a port group, this physical modem network port will be "mapped" to the virtual machine. as for not being able to access the web interface, thats something i will not be able to know whats wrong without examining your installation which i cant really do. try to map the network ports differently (vmx0 and vmx1)
Thanks for your videos. it is possible to create a video how to setup LACP between a ESXI server and a switch? It is worth setup LACP between a ESXI server and a switch to increase speed? or better to assign each ethernet adapters directly to vistual machines? Thanks
What if I don't want DHCP enabled? When I have DHCP enabled pfSense takes over handing out IP addresses to all my devices connected to my wireless router and I don't want that, I simply want to use it as a firewall for my VMs (within ESXI) and for NAT from my private VM network. I only have a 4 port desktop switch, and have this connected to my ISP provided router as I was unable to get it to work the other way round - I'm probably missing something obvious but am very new to the world of home labs etc. Any advice you can offer? I would really appreciate it.
@@TechMeOut5 I am suggesting that the same idea to create a video with details for installing pfsense with specifics for proxmox vm would be useful to me and other users
*Are you running pfSense as virtual machine? let us know in the comments*
Thanks for very useful video. This is save me time. Configuration is perfect and it works fine. I'm subscribed
@@delidag Glad i was able to help. Thanks for watching!
Thank you SO MUCH for such a simple video! I don't know why I was struggling so much to get some good written documentation. Considering my networking skills is rusty, I was extremely apprehensive. Also, just the interface setup was getting messed up for some reason. I started out fresh with 2.6.0 and followed your guide and I am ready to rock already! I hope to put my lab to good use from now. Thank you again!!!
Glad to know i was able to help. Thank you for watching!
I don't know how much I can thank you!! I've been through hell configuring pfSense for the past 2 days. I had everything working when I had just one router. My layout was
ISP Modem -> VMWare ESXI -> pfSense (running as VM on VMWare ESXI) -> Router (in Access Point mode)
The moment I introduced a second router, I think I messed up a lot of the settings trying to give the second router an internet connection. I ended up having both routers act finicky where the internet was slow or completely stopped working. For some reason, my VMWare ESXI ended up receiving an IP address from pfSense (the VM running on itself) when it's supposed to get one from the ISP modem. So I ended up losing access to the web GUI for both pfSense and VMWare ESXI. It's VERY frustrating when something like that happens and your entire household requires an internet connection. I had to spend MANY hours resetting VMWare ESXI's network configuration just so that I can log in and delete pfSense. After deleting pfSense, I watched your tutorial as I can't find another one that has a similar setup as mine. Your tutorial has helped me understand how to set things up properly and understand the connection between a Port Group and a Virtual Switch (on VMWare ESXI). I'm so glad you explained about VLANs because I thought I had to enable that on my router. I ended up wasting a lot of time trying to configure my router's VLAN to connect with pfSense. I NOW understand how VLANs work with VMWare ESXI and how to set it up along with some firewall rules. Now when I wake up in the morning, I'm going to see if I can add another router as a second LAN to pfSense to facilitate a guest network. Even if that ends up not working, I don't really care as I'm just so happy that I can have at least one router in access point mode and VLANs working without any issue. Thank you so much!!
Out of all youtube videos regarding installing pfsense in esxi, this is the most well explained. Thank you!
Didn't realized I needed to put the lan leg of PFSENSE into trunk mode in addition to my phys switch port. Thanks man.
I had a big problem for that aspect of making my VLANS passing-through trunk , and i think your video solved it ! Thank you very very very much man.
Thank you for watching!
But please it's working only in virtual and when i plug into to physical switches trunking does not forward@@TechMeOut5
Wow, Thanks! I finally got it working. The hardest part is understanding the ESXI network interfaces and how they work (of course if you are new to ESXI). I just used the default VM Network & vSwitch0 as my LAN switch and port group, for now. will work with some VLANS once, I am complete. Using this to run my whole house, wifi and lab, so I still have to keep security in mind.
That allowed you to setup your pfsense in Exsi? For some reason it gives me an error about not enough physical adapters when I try to manage the uplink.
Thanks for the video. I configured the crap out of my pfsense and Unifi AC for days, just to see the VLAN 4095 "trick" in this video. Awesome. Keep it coming.
Thank you very much for this video. I've been looking everywhere for a few days on how to setup a firewall like an appliance on ESXi, using my ISP and physical LAN and using VLANs from my Cisco switch. I'm installing Palo Alto VM (for work training), but will look to do pfSense also. This is so helpful and just what I needed. Thanks again!
So glad it was helpful. Thank you for watching!
You are TOP. Thanks a lot. I was lost with my first installation of ESXi and you helped me out. THANKS!
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Great video. Keep them coming!
wonder full video... thanks a lot for such a good video., explained very nicely
Thank you for watching!
Great tutorial. Thanks!
The only thing i didn’t understand, it’s when you said you will connecte the ips to a physical exsi server…. How please?
Excellent Video... helped me a lot !! Thanks..
Glad to help. You are welcome
Well done!
Waiting for more videos on pfSense on ESXi 7!
Thank you!
Thank you very much I was not able to understand the portgroup for VLAN, and the taggin.
Thanks for the video. I don't have any external switch. I have VM's tagged with vlans and one VM untagged. all of them get IP via DHCP from pfsense VM. only untagged VM has internet access, tagged VM's have the IP from pfsense but no internet traffic.
5:13 Add standard virtual switch. I am missing the uplink 1 option, do I need more Physical adapters?
Giving it a shot today!
why does your ESXi GUI look so different than mine? All I did was download ESXi 7.0 and install it bare metal and then I logged on through the web UI. Is this what the Vsphere side of it looks like or something?
Very well demonstrated and explained! Good work!
Thank you!
Perfect! Subbed
How were you able to make all the vmnic work show up and active. I have a desktop machine
processor: i5
cpu: 3.2GHz
ram: 32BG
nic1: Realtek (connected and active)
nic2: Intel (connected and active)
with esxi 6.5 installed. When I try to create a virtual switch and connect to another physical nic, I get the message, "There is no freww physcal adapters to attach to this virtual switch" Please assist. Thanks.
If a VM bound to your CLIENTS port group nic didn't pick up an IP from your vlan DHCP, where would you start in troubleshooting this, thanks
Firsr i would check that the dhcp service on this vlan is indeed turned on. Then, i would check that the port group is configured to use the correct vlan tag number. Finally, i would check on the pfsense virtual machine hardware settings the the lan virtual nic is configures to a port group with 4095 vlan tag (all)
great video. btw, pls explain why you setup LAN port group? doesn't appear to connect to anything. You are only using ALL + ISP for your two NICs? what do you use the LAN port group for?
Thank you! Small question. My ISP requires DHCP and VLAN 300 enabled. Do I apply the VLAN 300 only on the ESXI server or also on the PfSense?
If I already have esxi running with 10 vms and I plan to implement pfsense will I need to re create all my vms or can I setup pfsense normally and the adjust the new vms networks
Can pfsense network bridging be used on ESXi? I have a 6-port mini-PC using one port for management purposes, and one for the ISP/external link and one for the internal subnet. I would like to use the remaining 3 ports for the internal subnet also.
Hi, I am using 4 port NIC on ESXI Standalone server, I have installed MikroTik ISO in ESXi, Port num 0 is assigning WAN ip via DHCP to MikroTik WAN, so How do I use Port 1 as LAN for other machines on my network.
Awesome, keep it up 👍🏻
Thank you very much. Thanks for watching!
Which one is better Creating Vlan using unify switch and creating vlan using pfsense for esxi which one do you think is good? because I watch one of your videos where you were teaching how to create vlan on unify switch. So my question is do I have to create vlan on unify switch and at the same time create vlan on pfsense for esxi for better security?
my ESXi server is an old dell optiplex mini that only has 1 NIC. is it possible to still do this?
My tutorial is for servers with more than 1 nic. You can find cheap dual port nic cards on ebay
I run pfsense in esxi 6.5. I try to buy Cisco sg300-10 or sg350-28. Do you have any guide for vlan switch configuration?
have u connected a physical modem to esxi or it's a virtual modem ? can''t acces web browser interface with the vmx0...with the same ip adress as u
video time 14min 25s
you connect the modem to the physically to the esxi server. since we have created a virtual switch and a port group, this physical modem network port will be "mapped" to the virtual machine. as for not being able to access the web interface, thats something i will not be able to know whats wrong without examining your installation which i cant really do. try to map the network ports differently (vmx0 and vmx1)
Thanks for your videos.
it is possible to create a video how to setup LACP between a ESXI server and a switch?
It is worth setup LACP between a ESXI server and a switch to increase speed? or better to assign each ethernet adapters directly to vistual machines?
Thanks
What if I don't want DHCP enabled?
When I have DHCP enabled pfSense takes over handing out IP addresses to all my devices connected to my wireless router and I don't want that, I simply want to use it as a firewall for my VMs (within ESXI) and for NAT from my private VM network.
I only have a 4 port desktop switch, and have this connected to my ISP provided router as I was unable to get it to work the other way round - I'm probably missing something obvious but am very new to the world of home labs etc.
Any advice you can offer? I would really appreciate it.
Hi. you dont have to enable the dhcp service on pfsense. its not a mandatory thing. if you dont want it - dot enable it
Very useful and clarify video
Thanks for watching!
Will it work more or less the same on proxmox?
How about the same idea but on proxmox vm ?
Hi. so, what are you asking exactly? are you asking if the same pfsense virtualization can be done on proxmox?
@@TechMeOut5 I am suggesting that the same idea to create a video with details for installing pfsense with specifics for proxmox vm would be useful to me and other users
Hi Yuri. Sadly, i am a vmware person. Although i am aware of proxmox, it would take me time to learn the system goog enough to instruct other people
as soon as I started configuring the interfaces my web client went down.
eeee eeee eeeee eeeeeeeeee .. so annoying eeeeeee
I think you meant to say "thank you for your time and effort". And of course i will then say: you're welcome.