pfsense VM dhcp for lab

[modder man]

I have my home router LAN connected to the WAN port of the Pfsense VM. Currently all of my VM's are pulling dhcp from the home router not from the Pfsense box. Do I have the vSwitch mis-configured or?

 

[RTM]

Looks about right to me.
Are you sure, you didn't invert the order of the NICs? If you are using the wrong ports, the pfsense router shouldn't be getting an IP .

Also are you sure it is not the DC that is assigning IPs?

 

[modder man]

dc is not configured yet. just plain 2016 box

 

[RTM]

Another thought, perhaps you have some kind of loop going on?
The mgmt interface is on the same vSwitch as what I am guessing is supposed to be the LAN of the pfsense instance.

If the pfsense instance LAN interface should only be connected to a separate network only for VMs, you should create a new vSwitch without a NIC connected to it.

 

[modder man]

thats acutally what i was just wondering. also wondering about the possibility of having the physical nics crossed on my vswitch config

 

[archangel.dmitry]

The only reason, I can see that you swapped WAN and LAN. Also if vmnic0 is in the same VLAN as vmnic1, it could cause DHCP problems as well.

I have a NIC connected to LAN side of pfsense and it works just fine.

 

[Keljian]

Turn dhcp off on the home router, or simply unplug it, then see what you get.

 

[modder man]

I had a loop going from the management network. By segregating those out I no longer have any issues.