I have a clean setup of PFSense and a Procurve Switch 1800-24G.<BR><BR>I have setup VLAN interfaces on the PFSense as indicated below:<BR>VLAN_30: 192.168.30.0 / 24 (Int. Addr.
The PFsense firewalls average about 10% CPU utilization in that case. I assume that you understand the risks of running your firewall on your VM host and not a dedicated piece of equipment. I also ...