There may be multiple config indexes available in which case you might need to force it to load a different index to be recognised.

For example:

Generally configs indexes are 0-4 but there may not be any. It's worth trying though.

If one of them does allow it to be recognised you can add a USB quirk to loader.conf.local to apply it every time.

Steve

Any interface can be defined as a wan. Just create a gateway and assign it to the interface or ip4 / 6 configuration set to dhcp / pppoe depending on connection type.

Holding the power button for 5 seconds just turns the computer off.  After reboot no web interface.  Will probably be able to fix with I get the video card adapter tomorrow.

IMHO, any N3150 based boards are crypto-capable and low-power, 8Gb RAM limited by design - the only negative effect I've experienced.

That^

Probably they are both using the same internal subnet, 192.168.1.0/24, which is causing a conflict on the Airport as it tries to route/NAT between them.
If you change the pfSense LAN subnet to something else that will probably allow it to function but switching the airport to run as an access point only is the better solution.

Steve

@dlucas46:

Hi,

I have attached the 1mb bios to this post.  The main 750e thread was deleted by mistake.

I believe it is based on 8.1

No other modifications were made to this bios, it is a straight copy of Stephens original unlocked bios.

Thanks!  I'm going to give this a go tonight.  Sadly I haven't been able to get any sort of FreeDOS image running but VyOS, pfSense, m0n0wall all have no issues so I'll be using flashrom to get there.  Fun stuff!

I'm pretty sure it's just option (1) Boot to Multi User and it goes from there.

Youtube Video

@pfBasic:

J3455 is a 1.5GHz CPU.

It can burst to 2.3GHz but won't do this unless it needs to and some set of criteria are met, when it does burst it will be for a short time.

There's another post on here with similar questions. It seems like there are some misconceptions about CPU clocks.

Always look at the base frequency when choosing a CPU, this is the reliable guaranteed value all of the time unless you thermally limit it and it decreases to keep from destroying itself. Boost and Turbo speeds are not always on and won't be achieved in all environments. If you put your CPU in a hot closet for example, it may never burst or turbo, or if it does it may not hit the maximum burst/turbo frequency.

@Runenaldo:

It seems that turbo boost to 2.2ghz is achievable for longer periods of time, at least in win 10 running prime95. The last 100mhz to 2.3ghz is another story though.

Also per another thread here on the  forum, the "1" in 1501Mhz should indicate that it's capable of or running more than 1.5ghz (2.2ghz in the case of the J3455)

Thanks guys! I figured it was something like that.

@Pippin, interesting info.  Thanks for the reading.

thank you for your response pfBasic & stephenw10, I will try it later cause the firewall is currently active, but i will write down mac addresses of my current interfaces to check if there is renumbering of NICs when i try to add the new NIC.

again thanks

UK VDSL is likely to be up to 2x 80Mbps so most current hardware will do that with ease even with Squid running.

Any descent SSD should not fail for long time though 2 in a gmirror is not a bad idea. Better to save on SSDs and double up on total hardware if you can.

Two issues I see:

1. Squid will always use the default system route so only one of the DSL connections. It's not possible to load balance between them from Squid if it's running on the same box. You can load balance other traffic though or policy route it via the non default WAN perhaps.

2. You can't really use an HA setup with PPP connections that are terminated on the firewall. To do it will correct failover you need to use a different device in front of the pair running the PPP. But that then represents a new single point of failure.

Steve

Got it up and running. yay! :D

Basically just followed page 1 of this post https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=119574.0

How I do agree.!

I did check out the CPU with Intel to understand the TDP and then read….

Processor Base Frequency
2.00 GHz

Burst Frequency
2.50 GHz

What I didn't understand is how the burst mode values are arrived that. Sort of different to how my 6700k is listed.

It was important to know if the CPU supported the AES instruction set and, if needed, virtualization.

Once again "KISS" is the best option..

I tried many things, but in the end it was a faulty HDMI cable that was the culprit..  ::)

Running stress tests now with prime95  and after 10 min it seems to be stable at 70 degrees at a room temperature of 20 degrees, its drawing 18-20W

@stephenw10:

You should try a 2.4 snapshot:
https://snapshots.pfsense.org/

The PCI device 0x15D8 is not listed in 2.3.3 but is in 2.4:
https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-src/blob/devel/sys/dev/e1000/e1000_hw.h

Steve

That did the trick!

The E4500 will have no issues at 30/5 for sure. I've found it to be quite capable though I only use it for occasional testing.

If you want quiet the picoPSU with external power brick is definitely quieter.  ;)

Steve

Its working now all of a sudden… dont know what changed from yesterday, apart from powering the system down over night.

I tried 2.4 snapshot and ran into the same issue :(

If you are able to get a PS2 mouse and PS2 keyboard running on that board it might be the best option
for all BSD based systems. If you can, try 2.4 and the cheap to get PS2 hardware, no interrupt problems then.

But, after turning off a bit of hardware(mostly Serial ports), I was able to get to the install steps

One serial port should be even there, because of running onetime in a problem, together with the serial console
you might be able to fix many of them!

As others have said that Atom won't cut it for 300Mbps (if you need simultaneous up and down) or even 150Mbps. I would expect it to do somewhere ~50Mbps but that's very dependent of the encryption type and how you're testing, what type of traffic etc.

Steve

@pfBasic:

For what he described he doesn't need anything near an i3 even at gigabit speeds. Even the cheapest modern Pentium would be major Overkill for what he described.

The j3355 is your best bet. But do use proper Intel NICs, preferably i340 for power consumption. Used is perfectly fine.

intel lan is a good thing to add