@stephenw10 Thanks, I will give it a try and see what happens.

@guardian said in Hardware Recommendations for 2G Fiber Connection: Do you know if there were decent work arounds or if the hardware is just junk? In one thread users flashed an unlocked BIOS to access and change the thermal/power config to something rational. I wasn't involved directly.

I would also watch out for the N100 running at some reduced speed. A lot of those Chinese boxes seem to ship with some untuned BIOS values resulting in less than optimal performance. There are a few threads here detailing users attempts to correct it.

@drjc Awesome! Sorry for sounding accusatory I've just found personally AI to be unreliable for figuring out things sometimes. Especially figuring out hardly realized/documented featuresets. Appreciate the photos though. Excited to see what this thing can do. Given the chip it can't be older than 2017, which is plenty reasonable compared to my EPYC Zen 1 boxes. 12 cores should be plenty for a router.

Yup only the home directory is saved. But, yes, don't worry about it you don't need that file if it's booting fine now.

I got same issue while using the default deployment upgrade pack. found the realtek default installed driver causing problem on IPv6 traffic RXCSUM_IPV6. This flag cannot remove re0: flags=1008843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,LOWER_UP> metric 0 mtu 1500 description: WAN options=20201b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,WOL_MAGIC,RXCSUM_IPV6> ether 00:e0:4c:17:57:1f inet 122.57.217.218 netmask 0xfffff800 broadcast 122.57.223.255 inet6 fe80::2e0:4cff:fe17:571f%re0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>) status: active nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> re1: flags=1008943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,LOWER_UP> metric 0 mtu 1500 description: LAN options=20201b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,WOL_MAGIC,RXCSUM_IPV6> Finally I have download the driver and overwrite the current one https://pkg01-atx.netgate.com/packages/pfSense_master_amd64-pfSense_devel/All/realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.1500030_1.pkg after this action. the re0,re1 has checksum flag off and can work on ipv6 traffic Realtek is commonly used in many systems. my one is zimaborad 832. embedded with realtek nic

How did you complete the initial setup on this box? Via the WAN?

@Ramosel Pretty much any 128GB mSATA drive from amazon will do the trick. Some are around $20.00US. Ted

Looks like all is in good shape. I rebuilt the firewall and all ports are fully functional. I also re-checked all the BIOS settings. Everything looks good as long as the bypass interfaces are set to "No Bypass" in the BIOS. The good thing about the CX770s is that the bypass control is in the BIOS. So far performance is perfect! Looking forward to many years out of my modest investment on these CX770 devices. For anyone interested in these devices, they can be purchased on eBay for around $70-$100. I would like to thank Stephen for all the assistance and input. This one soldier is an incredibly happy customer! Martin M. Mune US Army Combat Veteran Operation Iraqi Freedom Volunteer Soldier International Legion for the Defense of Ukraine Слава Україні! Героям Слава!

In the end I didnt flash. I dont have the low clock speed issue. I also have a different board layout to the screenshots posted on the other forum, so I think my board revision is different, the bios may still be compatible but given I dont have the locked low clocked speeds, it would mostly be a "nice to have" thing for me rather than a necessity.

@NC1 This would be for home use, not infrastructure as it applies to Enterprise environments. It seems a 40Gbps bus would be plenty fast though for a 1Gb service from your local internet provider. Anyway... I don't know which drivers would be needed which is why I was asking if anyone has ever tried it or thought about it. Maybe someone would have some insight as to the pros and cons. I did see the price tag. I was merely trying to give an example of an external chassis a NIC card could be used in. As a side, I typically future proof my home builds to at least a minimum of 5 years if I can. In a configuration such as this, I could repurpose the NUC for some other future project and plug the external chassis with the NIC card into a different computer. Just a thought.

@stephenw10 thank you

Hello! I know this post is a while old, but others may experience the same issue. I have an XG125 appliance and had the same problem. How did I solve it? The appliance has 8 ports, and pfSense detects them all, but the ports are reversed in relation to the silkscreen numbers. Here is a list of ports: ibg0 = port 5 ibg1 = port 6 ibg2 = port 7 ibg3 = port 8 ibg4 = port 1 ibg5 = port 2 ibg6 = port 3 ibg7 = port 4

Hello! I know this post is a while old, but others may experience the same issue. I have an XG125 appliance and had the same problem. How did I solve it? The appliance has 8 ports, and pfSense detects them all, but the ports are reversed in relation to the silkscreen numbers. Here is a list of ports: ibg0 = port 5 ibg1 = port 6 ibg2 = port 7 ibg3 = port 8 ibg4 = port 1 ibg5 = port 2 ibg6 = port 3 ibg7 = port 4

How hot exactly is the CPU running? There's quite an extensive thread about these boxes though. IIRC some users swapped the BIOS for something with more options available.

@m782 I actually "interviewed" someone on Reddit on a similar topic; they have installed OPNsense on ASA 5525-X and 5515-X. Here's what they told me: https://www.reddit.com/r/opnsense/comments/147ot7f/comment/jnycohl/ I hope this is close enough to what you have on hand...

@NC1 No problem with the DIY and I do like the ability to upgrade if needed. Thanks for the info!

@interrupt said in Running pfSense on a meraki MX400: i have lcdproc configured and its fully functional. i will post a pic later. Thank you in advance for that! Looking forward to it. If possible, could you also post a brief hardware overview (I can see from the screenshot that the processor is Xeon E3-1275 v2, but there no information about stock memory and storage) and Lanner motherboard model number?