I have my IPFIRE up and running, I have a 4 port nic in my firewall. 1 port for WAN one for LAN and I’d like to bridge the other 2 ports for LAN but for the life of me I can’t seem to ID what MAC addresses are used vs free so i can add to the green zone. Any assistance?
Can you see and assign the ports in the WUI ( Network–>Zone Configation)?
I suppose the 4-port-NIC consists of 4 independent interfaces. Times ago, there were 4 port hubs, having only one MAC/one interface.
In the Zone Configuration there should be two interfaces with state ‘Native’, one in the RED zone, one in the GREEN zone. Two interfaces should have state ‘None’ in all zones. These are the unused interfaces searched. Switch your GREEN zone to state ‘Bridge’ and your NICs found to state ‘Native’.
If the hardware support the identify feature (Intel, Broadcom nic’s) you can also select a card and chose “Identify” in the setup. Now the selected nic should blink even if no cable is plugged in.