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[RAND0M1ZER]

Hi, I'm tring to install pfSense on my headless Ubuntu 12.04 server. I have installed the pfSense VM but I need some help getting the network cards configured correctly.

My server has 2 Intel NIC called eth0 and eth1. I have setup my pfSense VM to have 2 NICs in bridge mode and I can connect to the pfSense GUI from my network however pfSense can't seem to get an IP from my cable modem.

Any idea what could be wrong?

[johnpoz]

your vm nic is going to have a different mac I would assume - so reboot your cable modem.  This is normal procedure when changing the mac of the device connected to a cable modem

[RAND0M1ZER]

I've tried that rebooting the VM, the physical server, and the modem multiple times with no success.  Do bridge connections require any kind of configuration on the host side of things?

[Dalma]

I have the same configuration and have encountered the same problem. I was able to get a DHCP assignment from another device so it seems that the nic and virtual br1 are configured correctly. Hmm??

[RAND0M1ZER]

I actually fixed it and got it working. Turns out I had to configure the WAN interface on the host side.

My /etc/network/interaces file now looks like this:

Code:

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 0.0.0.0

auto eth0:1
iface eth0:1 inet static
address 192.168.0.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1
dns-nameservers 192.168.0.1

# The WAN interface
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
address 0.0.0.0