Comment on Setting Up OPNsense on Proxmox: Doubts regarding NIC setup
Dultas@lemmy.world 23 hours agoYeah, I did it briefly to test if I wanted to use it before getting a dedicated Protectli Vault. But gateway and NAS are both things I recommend not running on Proxmox long term.
Router - for one you can’t form a quorum for a cluster if there is no network so you’d have to physically access the box every restart.
NAS - You lose access to any backups you’re doing and ability to restore if that node fails.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 23 hours ago
To play devil’s advocate, technically don’t need a router for network. Your Proxmox hosts should be in the same layer 2 which means they can communicate regardless of the state of the default gateway.
Dultas@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Networking isn’t my forte but I thought IP addressing required layer 3 switching? Which is going to be dependent on your switch supporting it.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
IP resolution requires ARP/NDP which are layer 2