Hi Everyone,<div><br></div><div>I have a SuperMicro server with two NIC ports on it. Eth0 is connected to a pfSense router and all the VM and Containers obtain DHCP IP from that router via Proxmox vmbr0. I want to add another router to the equation for redundancy and also because we got another block of IP addresses that I want to use. My current pfSense router doesn't have the ports needed to do the job so I need a second pfSense router for this. This is what I see in Network setup now:</div>
<div><br></div><div><div>Name:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Active:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Autostart:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ports/Slaves:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Subnet <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>mask:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Gateway:</div>
<div>eth0<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Yes<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> No</div><div>eth1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> No<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> No</div>
<div>vmbr0<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Yes<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Yes<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>eth0<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>192.168.10.5<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>255.255.255.0<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>192.168.5.1</div>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I have previously lost access to Proxmox GUI when turning on the eth1. I don't have the luxury of testing now. I have to do this precisely and correctly. So my questions are:</div>
<div><br></div><div>1- What files backup should I do first so that if I loose access to Proxmox GUI, I can restore them and do a "network restart" and get it all running to previous working state?</div><div>2- The new router will be supply <a href="http://192.168.20.0/24">192.168.20.0/24</a> IP ranges. After I connect it to eth1 port on the server, what should I do to turn it on.</div>
<div>3- Once it's setup, how do I go about dictating which VM or Container should obtain IP from which interface? do I need a vmbr1?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div>