Well, feels like beating a dead horse but there is no good guide here or anywhere i can find and I have looked for a long time. Windows background here; so while I am familiar with vnet and bridge concepts etc; it is still somehwat confusing and may just come down to wording.
Setup:
TrueNAS core 13
3 NICs: 1 inbuilt, Dual NIC card
The often used phrase that you "cannot use multiple NICs on a subnet" has to be refined as it is misleading and plain not true. You cannot use "Multiple NICs on a single subnet PER HOST"; sure you can use multiple NICs (just one per device or separate network) otherwise you could only use 1 device per subnet which is contrary to the idea of "networking".
So, what I would like and need to achieve:
1 dedicated NIC for host = TRUENAS with static IP
2 NICs in LAGG (or not; does not matter; switch supports it) for everything else = VMs and Jails (Plugins)
What I need to avoid is NAT or VLAN (double NATing does not work for some services and port forwarding and opening ports in a firewall becomes a nightmare); So I would like, like in a virtual switch, attach all devices with a static or DHCP assigned address on the same subnet.
Cheers!
Setup:
TrueNAS core 13
3 NICs: 1 inbuilt, Dual NIC card
The often used phrase that you "cannot use multiple NICs on a subnet" has to be refined as it is misleading and plain not true. You cannot use "Multiple NICs on a single subnet PER HOST"; sure you can use multiple NICs (just one per device or separate network) otherwise you could only use 1 device per subnet which is contrary to the idea of "networking".
So, what I would like and need to achieve:
1 dedicated NIC for host = TRUENAS with static IP
2 NICs in LAGG (or not; does not matter; switch supports it) for everything else = VMs and Jails (Plugins)
What I need to avoid is NAT or VLAN (double NATing does not work for some services and port forwarding and opening ports in a firewall becomes a nightmare); So I would like, like in a virtual switch, attach all devices with a static or DHCP assigned address on the same subnet.
Cheers!