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High availability / OPNsense Links to Multiple Switches
« on: February 10, 2022, 02:07:28 am »
Hi
Doing some playing around in a home environment currently after a migration over to OPNsense. I have a traditional setup of OPNsense to a switch and 2 links between the 2 switches (Aruba) configured within a trunk.
[WAN] --------- [OPNsense NIC4 ][OPNsense NIC 1] ------ [Switch 1] ------x2---- [Switch 2]
I am contemplating altering this slightly to:
[WAN] --------- [OPNsense NIC4 ][OPNsense NIC1 ] ------- [Switch 1] ------x2 ------ [Switch 2]
[OPNsense NIC2 ] ------------------------------------ [Switch 2]
While i might eventually get invest in a 2nd OPNsense box and go the CARP route, wondering if i can avoid the scenario of a dead switch bringing everything down.
Read over docs and forums, I think this is possible with a LAN bridges but not quite clear whether this is so.
I have a range of VLANs also configured so would need to support that.
If anyone has done this or has ideas of best approach, would be grateful for any insight?
Thanks
Doing some playing around in a home environment currently after a migration over to OPNsense. I have a traditional setup of OPNsense to a switch and 2 links between the 2 switches (Aruba) configured within a trunk.
[WAN] --------- [OPNsense NIC4 ][OPNsense NIC 1] ------ [Switch 1] ------x2---- [Switch 2]
I am contemplating altering this slightly to:
[WAN] --------- [OPNsense NIC4 ][OPNsense NIC1 ] ------- [Switch 1] ------x2 ------ [Switch 2]
[OPNsense NIC2 ] ------------------------------------ [Switch 2]
While i might eventually get invest in a 2nd OPNsense box and go the CARP route, wondering if i can avoid the scenario of a dead switch bringing everything down.
Read over docs and forums, I think this is possible with a LAN bridges but not quite clear whether this is so.
I have a range of VLANs also configured so would need to support that.
If anyone has done this or has ideas of best approach, would be grateful for any insight?
Thanks