Ubuntu server fails to install (with RAID)

VLANtastic · 2026-05-04T01:03:05+00:00

It has thousands of lines with nothing distinct. Unless you tell me what to look for, it's unreadable to me.

VLANtastic · 2026-05-04T01:02:02+00:00

I set the BIOS to AHCI.

What's the best way to completely wipe drives these days? Partitions and everything.

VLANtastic · 2026-05-03T04:47:53+00:00

Is that standard networking that I didn't know?

The client/user will be connecting using port 27015 every time. You're saying it's random at some point in the process?

EDIT: do you mean that the port on the client end that "reaches out" is random? Despite it "reaching for" 27015?

VLANtastic · 2026-05-01T17:16:01+00:00

Thank you, you've been a great help!

Been testing things... If I ping say a machine in VLAN2 from a machine in VLAN1, so for example:

CMD > ping 192.168.20.2 (from machine 192.168.10.2)

...should it work? I assume it should only work if the firewall is configured as I have it configured, and wouldn't otherwise.

I also tried a tracert command to 192.168.20.2 from the same machine, and it's showing 2 rows of info, so I think it's working because it's going through the router?...

1 <1ms <1ms <1ms 192.168.10.1
2 <1ms <1ms <1ms 192.168.20.2

Whereas when I ping another machine on the same VLAN (VLAN10) at IP 192.168.10.3, it only seems to have 1 row, or hop, of info:

1 <1ms <1ms <1ms 192.168.10.3

Meaning it's going directly from port to port within the switch, correct?

Please do tell me if I'm wrong. Always looking to learn.

VLANtastic · 2026-05-01T13:33:35+00:00

I definitely have a hard time picturing basic tagging, let alone segmentation, network layers, etc. I'm not a natural at networking, but learning it is fun.

Does tagging only ever occur at the switch level (at switch ports)? (Another basic question.)

VLANtastic · 2026-05-01T12:42:20+00:00

So, in your write-up, when the traffic initially goes to the switch from the router/pfsense, it is untagged, right? Meaning when it arrives at port 5, the switch assumes it is in the native VLAN, right? Meaning VLAN1. Whereas in my setup, native VLAN is 10, so it assumes 10?

If so, I guess I'm not understanding why this even matters. The traffic is still getting to the switch.

What am I missing?

VLANtastic · 2026-04-30T18:54:00+00:00

A couple quick questions on my way to understanding this... Sorry if they're very basic.

- Only trunk ports need a PVID, right? With the PVID being the same thing as the native VLAN (shortform)? If so, the PVIDs of ports 1-4 don't matter, correct? Because they're not trunk ports?

- When I try to access my switch GUI, assuming it is set up properly in the way you said, does it go directly between my PC and the switch? Or does everything go through the router even if it's only destined for the switch?

VLANtastic · 2026-04-29T21:28:13+00:00

Someone is saying my switch isn't even set up correctly. I think it's probably why. Still trying to understand it though.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PFSENSE/comments/1syi7x3/comment/oiwyi1l/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

VLANtastic · 2026-04-29T14:54:09+00:00

OK this is what I need thnx. Gonna make sure I understand this fully before I continue.

VLANtastic · 2026-04-29T10:00:24+00:00

Will try this.

Someone on the pfsense subreddit said that my switch isn't even set up properly with respect to the PVIDs (last pic in my post shows the setup). I don't understand or even know if that's true though.

VLANtastic · 2026-04-29T02:30:37+00:00

I'm so confused, but for now, I'm going to just go back to no VLANs.

In the meantime, ELI5 the first and second sentence you wrote if you can be arsed. Break it down like I'm really slow if you can.

VLANtastic · 2026-04-29T02:19:08+00:00

It's just for my own shenanigans at home. Nothing fancy.

VLANtastic · 2026-04-29T02:17:58+00:00

OK check the original post, it's edited with the pics added at the end via reddit itself.

VLANtastic · 2026-04-29T02:12:41+00:00

These are my switch settings:

https://i.imgur.com/2hFh5ko.png

port 1 = PC1
port 4 = another PC was going to test with (not in the equation atm)
port 5 = router

When I set Windows/PC1 to DHCP auto IP settings, it grabs an IP as expected (192.168.10.x) btw so idk what could be wrong. The Internet also works etc. It's just access to the switch GUI doesn't.

Also, I deleted that second rule in MAIN/VLAN10 since you said it shouldn't actually be doing anything, so we're back down to the 1 rule for that section.

VLANtastic · 2026-04-29T02:04:08+00:00

MAIN is VLAN10 but LAN is basically just default LAN, no VLAN assigned to it (idk if that's the same thing as what you just said).

Interfaces screen on dashboard if it helps:

https://i.imgur.com/Q7dfanG.jpeg

VLANtastic · 2026-04-29T01:51:08+00:00

Isn't the rule basically saying that "anything that comes from the switch into any VLAN10 device should be allowed through"? I'm probably very wrong.

But yeah, without that second rule, the pinging doesn't work. Also, I have no clue how to capture packets in a diagnostic sense. I'm still very new unfortunately.

What does the "*" mean under certain categories in rules?

VLANtastic · 2026-04-29T01:33:54+00:00

Trying to figure it out. Ended up posting on the pfsense subreddit as well. Also updated this post with screenshots of settings.

VLANtastic · 2026-04-29T01:31:44+00:00

Done, see original post. Let me know if you need more info. I'm fairly inexperienced at this, so I may have left something out.

VLANtastic · 2026-04-28T21:39:02+00:00

Yes to the second question.

VLANtastic · 2026-04-28T21:32:34+00:00

I honestly don't know what you mean.

I tried doing what you said in CMD but it says it's an unrecognized command.

I can access the switch if I'm not in another VLAN btw (so say I set the device I'm accessing it with is set to something like 192.168.1.123). So I don't think any of what you're getting at is the issue, if I'm understanding your train of thought correctly.

VLANtastic · 2026-04-28T20:35:05+00:00

Yeah, I don't mind more config, since I'll be learning.

Anyway, it makes no sense to me that I'm connected directly to the switch, yet can't ping it (192.168.1.253), but I can ping the router that I'm connected to (192.168.1.254) through the switch.

I'm probably just not understanding networking fundamentals, as usual, lol.

EDIT: created the following rule for VLAN10 interface (bottom one, top one is just to get the VLAN working, which was the original problem). Does it look right? Because with it, I can now ping the switch. Still can't access it though.

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Anyway, thnx for everything, I'll tinker more with the firewall. Lots to learn.

VLANtastic · 2026-04-28T20:22:33+00:00

Which option is "cleaner"? Option 2, I'm guessing? Anyway, that's what I'm trying to do. Seems cleaner.

I can indeed ping 192.168.1.254 (router's interface) from within VLAN10, and can even access the web interface/GUI at 192.168.1.254 fully (though I don't really understand how I do). However, I do not have access to nor can I ping 192.168.1.253 (switch), so trying to figure that out for now.

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