Thanks for the info. Basically, my processor is running at 3.0 GHz and isn't using any kind of speed stepping. However, I'm rather liking pfSense, though it took some time to get rules figured out - still having some minor issues, so I'm treating the P4 build as just a test platform. I'll probably get an Atom board to be the permanent home. Thanks for the hard work on this project. I've been using DD-WRT almost since it came out, but support for their community versions really went downhill when they began offering professional services, leading me to question how secure the builds are, plus I find the community to be rude and arrogant. I'm also hoping that pf will do a better job at QoS for VoIP than iptables, that way I don't have to use vendor supplied, rarely if ever upgraded, hardware for my network gateway, which in other configurations doesn't seem to play well with streaming video.

Thanks. Sorry, I didn't come back and close this one. There was a motherboard issue related to (very old) BIOS. Updated BIOS, everything worked as it should. Quite a bit of googling to find that one.

@stephenw10: You could use VLANs with your one ethernet port. That would impose any restriction on a 20/2 connection. Steve I'm actually seriously considering that at this point but just have to wrap my head around how to accomplish it. On the pfSense side I imagine it is a piece of cake. Just figuring out how to get Tomato to cooperate on my main 'switch' to route things around. And time to take the network offline to accomplish it of course. ;)

What are you using for a serial terminal? I have noticed that some terminal emulators don't handle the baud rate change well. For instance you have the terminal set to 9600 and boot the box. Initially you get garbage because the POST output is at 115200 but then when the output changes to 9600 you just see the cursor moving but no actual text. At that poing if you close the terminal program and re-open it at 9600 you should start to see the correct output. Steve

@pmb1010: The 2nd try was successful. Why didn't you just boot from a USB stick and install?

Yes, what packages, if any, are you wanting to run? VPN? Noise or power consumption a concern? Steve

Yes. Just disable the DHCP server on the pfSense LAN interface (Services: DHCP Server:) and enable it on your local server. The servers DNS settings will have to be hard coded since it can't receive them from your ISP directly. That's not really a problem you can use your ISPs DNS severs or some public DNS like Google's or just use the pfSense DNS forwarder on the LAN interface. Steve

It's probably some problem with the BIOS not initialising the a PCI bridge chip correctly. There are unfortunately many bioses that only work fully under windows.  >:( It might also be a more fundamental hardware incompatibility PCIe bus versions for example. There may be something you can adjust in the BIOS setup to get this working, some resource change for example. More research needed.  ;) Steve

While very possible, I gave up on this. The price of buying a case/psu is to inefficient vs just buying something, considering I'm fairly sure that my needs will completely blow this little atom out of the water. I've decided to go dual e5410 xeons with 8gb ram. But i'll leave this here just so people know they can do it if they want. Multiple vpn's on hte router, content filtering, and hundreds of users, eh it's a bit much. Switch config time for vlans and LAGs. [image: 8Kqlrwc.png]

Try using the em NIC for WAN. Steve

Hi Steve, Thank you! Yes, the box (it is indeed NANO) is booted. I did that by stopping the boot sequence and giving the following commands: set kern.cam.boot_delay=10000 boot I wanted to make this setting permanent. Anyway: I modified the loader.conf file: so it is permanent  ;D Same for the console: I've added the line in loader.conf file. This web GUI is not so easy - so I prefer to use my Linux knowledge and change the conf files. Again, thank you! Now I know what I've missed when I've tried to create the loader.conf.local file!

Thanks for reply, This system is connected to a Linksys SW2016. Definitely, i'm sure it's a compatibility probleme because the 3th nic is a NC112T and work perfectly. Is it possible to integrate a command script who bring it down and up automatically at the startup ? I don't want to try the 2.2 Aplha because these 3x Pfsense are for production sites. If i don't find a stable solution, i think i will install VMWARE ESXi on the physical and deploy Pfsense as an Appliance, the BCM5720 is certified compatible with ESXi 5.x It' a shame, the last one's, on MicroServer Gen7 have raised no problem with Pfsense 2.x.

I'm running that on pfSense 2.1.3/i386, runs fine but dumps core if dongle gets disconnected.

There are few other reports of people running these thin cleints: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=31707 https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=42331 You would want to upgrade the RAM to 512MB though. 256MB is now the absolute minimum and can run into problems in some situations. Steve

Hi, i have two i210-AT single port NIC's and one i350-T4 Quad port nic running with pfsense 2.1.3. All three work. The i350-T4 needed a few adjustments to become fully stable e.g. leave most of the tuning settings at default in the advanced menu System/advanced/Networking. Also, the i350 required to set two additional parameters to get the mbuf growth under control. Add this as seen here: https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Tuning_and_Troubleshooting_Network_Cards /boot/loader.conf.local kern.ipc.nmbclusters="131072" hw.igb.num_queues=1

I just ordered a pcengines apu1c4 Mainboard - around 230 EUR all inclusive. I first had an used 5 years old firewall, but the apu1c4 was slightly faster and I calculated that running 24/7 the cost for electric power (which is quite expensive in germany) will make the apu1c4 cheaper than the old firewall hardware. I have a 100Mbit/2,6Mbit Cable Internet access. pfSense runs with snort, some firewall rules, openVPN and squid proxy. I had havp running with squid, but this slowed Internet access too much. The rest runs ok for me. Conclusion: An pcengines apu1c4 with 30GB mSATA SSD, Case, powersupply is faster, uses less power, is more silent than a 5 year old hardware and is cheaper if you use it for more than 2 years. Edit: Details: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=59555

Hi Steve, I did a reload BIOS to default and the issue was solved,  ;D Thanks,

excellent, thank you, exactly what I was wanting