Well, HP is convinced it's a driver issue, though the card is specifically listed on the compatibility page. Is there a way to verify that this model of card has worked under pfSense? Is there a way for me to get updated drivers?

Thanks!

okay, thankyou. ill do some research on it. if i find anything ill update this post.

I have contact with my isp for the next 2 years. So I have to use this speed for now.

I too would love to find out …adsl2+  windstream

Upgrading the ram to 512MB will make it much more usable but finding a compatible module can be difficult. I've never tried it but there are some part numbers referenced in the x700 thread.

Steve

@daniev:

@dreamslacker:

I'm not sure if your can replace the FIOS provided router though.

Yes, this is possible I'm running like that already. If the ONT->Router is already Ethernet you can just use your pfSense router. If it's provisioned for MOCA, then just call VZ to swap it to Ethernet. See the FAQ on this site for much more information on the subject:

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/vzfiber

Yup you just have to release the IP :)

How is the fan controlled on that board? Via the superio chip? Are there any fan control options in the BIOS that might give a clue?

Steve

I run my pfsense on N40L, I have added a dual nic and single nic so I have 4.  I have 8GB of memory in mine - thinking of moving to 16.

Pfsense runs great on it as a vm under esxi - I would never go back to running my router directly on hardware.. With a vm, I can take as snapshot before I do anything with it and then can always roll back..  This is great when running development code, ie before 2.1 was released, etc..

Here are the cards I used

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106036

dual
http://www.amazon.com/HP-412648-B21-PCI-Express-GigaBit-Adapter/dp/B000J3OPOU

Sold by amtech - I contacted them with my order number and they made sure I got the low profile bracket, etc.  Great service from them.

So I run my NAS with 3 disks and my linux play vm and other vm on and off and have no problems with performance.. But there are always at min 3 vms on, etc.  Thing rocks!!

Ha! That did cross my mind as I Googled it.  ;)

Steve

I've never tried it but I think zfs is available if you use the undocumented web based installer.

http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,62156.msg335814.html#msg335814

Steve

I just bought one of these to test out with my Intel NUC. It Should work and from the datasheet I was able to find it doesn't seem like its locked to any specific motherboard make/model.

http://www.logicsupply.com/components/expansion-cards/8111me-d/

You could do that quite easily with a core2duo for example. However that may not be the best option for you. It would probably use more power and you'd have to use old hardware.
You could probably do it with an Atom but you'd not have much CPU power in hand for any future upgrades.

Steve

Exactly, no arm support in pfSense. You could look at openwrt as an alternative.

Steve

@poly_s:

any thoughts on the realtex nics?

Realtek 10/100 NICs are absolute trash.  Their Gig-E NICs are a bit better but I still feel strongly enough about them to say "crap". That said, I've used them in the past and they'll get the job done as long as you don't need more than a few hundred Mbit/s of throughput.

@armsby:

That did not help, everything has been disabled, still only about 220-300Mbps and cpu load not over 50%

With HT disabled you're fully tapping a core at 50% (which you might see as 70/30, 50/50, 90/10, etc.).  I'm still going to go with that's the cap for a 330, particularly since that's the same cap I hit a few years back.