Yes it could absolutely help between other devices in the network it just won't do anything in pfSense as traffic there is limited by the WAN speed. Steve

What's in it? If it's 64bit it's probably fine. Edit: Looks like it's a 'Dual Core i3 (3,50 Ghz)' with 12GB ram. So should be no problem.

Can we see a screenshot of the exact settings you're trying to enter in the package? Is it possible your browser is auto-filling hidden fields? Steve

Well maybe this should have been in "Off topic" I meant disks in general .. And i'd only use mechanicals where i needed more than 1TB ... Ie backups Sorry /Bingo

Just to track it: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/11093

Oh : you didn't test that by now ? Why not ? First step : is your 'J1900' WOLlable ? You have the equipment. Do you have the doc ? It's a RTFM thing. If so - or if you doubt - : take note of the - or all of the - MAC addresses of the all the network connector of the J1900. Download some WOL generator tool from the net : I used https://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/ a lot in the past. Now, with this tool, broadcast the WOL packet to your J1900. Try every NIC. You'll have your answer in .... 5 minutes ? edit : Bad news : https://www.win-raid.com/t6767f54-Request-adding-wake-on-lan-feature-to-J-bios.html (if they talk about your board).

I would be looking for something Intel X5xx based. Checkout this list of equivalent OEM parts: https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/list-of-nics-and-their-equivalent-oem-parts.20974/ Steve

Hi everyone, just wanted to update you on the troubled Intel NIC, I returned it, ordered this Intel E1G44HTBLK Server Adapter I340-T4 (Bulk Pack) 10/100/1000Mbps PCI-Express 2.0 4 x RJ45 from newegg and works as expected.

I understand. I would still try to disable it in ediag just so you don't have to maintain the driver yourself or struggle with upgrades. Steve

Right, i also wanted to learn how to update drivers in case i will have problems in the future but for now i will leave it like it is and see how it works, thanks for your help

@wesleylc1 Thank you for sharing /Bingo

The SG-2440 should pass traffic at (or close to) gigabit line rate for firewall and NAT in ideal conditions. Usual caveats apply of course. However it cannot do that for a PPPoE connection because of the single NIC queue restriction that applies there. Setting net.isr.dispatch=deferred can help a lot in that situation though. See: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/hardware/tune.html#pppoe-with-multi-queue-nics Steve

@cbarbie FIOS used to use PPPoE in some locations, they've mostly gotten rid of it

@soder said in Gigabit PPPoE and Intel Drivers: @VAMike Of course if the CPU in said low performance router cannot keep up with the gbit PPPoE traffic, it is very unlikely that buying a 700-series card financially makes sense. So its only about theory.. Either I'm misunderstanding you or you're misunderstanding me. I was not talking about dropping a 700-series card into a low powered device to improve PPPoE performance.

@stephenw10 Thanks for confirmation!

I understand, so I look for some devices designed for this purpose :) thank you very much for your answer

That's using a Netburst Xeon right? It's not going to be fast. I don't have much to compare it with but waaay back when I was running a P4 2.8 it was good for ~300Mbps. I would expect that pass 400Mbps using firewall and NAT only but maybe not much more. Try it and see. Steve

Thank you Steve I will try to do some more tests, maybe talk to SuperMicro representatives