You should try to find a different switching code to switch it into  modem mode rather than an ethernet mode.
You should be able to add the usb ethernet device as a new interface and you may then be able to use it but pfSense will not handle the removal of one of its interfaces well. You may well end up dumped at the configure interfaces screen the next time you boot or if the modem goes down etc.

Steve

It all comes down to what you need it for? (not jumping on the train about why this brand or another, I'm merely referring to functionality)
I wouldn't exactly call it an access switch as it is far more capable than that… but I have both running here with the "IP Base" image, both work fine.
As said by lsf, the 3750 goes a bit further by supporting stackwise & stackpower...
Both models you listed are "LAN Base" models? If you do not need the L3 functionality, you might want consider a 2960. (have that here as well  ;D)
See here for more info:
http://blogs.cisco.com/enterprise/cisco-ios-software-licenses-whats-what-for-layer-2-and-layer-3-switching-part-2/

Yes, I added rules on both LAN and OPT1 interfaces on that day and I was/am all set.

Thanks to both of you - stephenw10 and bennyc.

I checked with my colleague and he said that he too was not able to get the OPT1 interface to configure from command line and he got it working from the web interface only.

We as a community need to better test that option.

I also use a 64GB SSD, but I think wear levelling can handle its self.

I use the capacity for squid cache.  About half the drive.
Without adding ram I shouldn't use the whole drive.

$ df -h
Filesystem    Size    Used  Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/ad6s1a    50G    18G    27G    39%    /
devfs          1.0k    1.0k      0B  100%    /dev
/dev/md0      3.6M    48k    3.3M    1%    /var/run
devfs          1.0k    1.0k      0B  100%    /var/dhcpd/dev

Well this is what I am currently running.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856115042

And after seeing my electric bill this is what I ordered instead. It has everything I need and then some, hell it has 5 intel Gig ports can't go wrong there.

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Atom-JBC200F99-525-B-NF99FL-525-AD3INLANG/dp/B00ESM97OQ

I have an X700 running at home and also a spare one packed away. Whilst I do have lcdd4 running it's more for the sake of it rather than for any practical benefit since my X700 is on the side of the top shelf of a built-in wardrobe so I can't read the LCD unless I get a step ladder.

Cheers,
Dave

There is no support in the GUI for those cards.

If FreeBSD supports it and the drivers are there, freeswitch might be able to latch onto it, but I wouldn't expect that to work.

You can use only 802.11G so 54Mbps connections speed. You may get a card that supports 'SuperG' at 108Mbps but you'll need a client that is compatible. However you will never see 54Mbps across that link. Some googling will show you what actual speeds you might see.

I am using an Atheros AR5005 with no issues.

Steve

From my experience:
for this model AT string to switch to modem only mode is AT^SETPORT="A1,A2;1,3,2"
AT^U2DIAG=0 does not work

It was a memory failure.

I replaced the 'old' pc by another 'old' pc and now everything is working fine.

Time to buy some new hardware for this pfSense box.
This pfSense pc was only for testing, but is now the main router/firewall in our network.

@jimp:

Here's a one-liner that will calculate it:

ifconfig vr0 | awk '/ether 00:0d:b9/ { split($2,mac,":"); print sprintf("%d", "0x"mac[4]mac[5]mac[6])/4-64; }'

Just wanted to confirm that this worked perfectly for me.  Thanks a lot Jim and Charlie!

If you don't need more than, say, 500Mbps you could always run a 'router on a stick' configuration with vlans and a suitable switch.

Steve

You don't. All the supported drivers are already on the system.
If you google for your message you will find this thread:
http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/udav-vendor-0x0fe6-product-0x9700-td4475969.html

From what is written there a patch for newer FreeBSDs exist and should be in.
(2.1 is based on 8.3, The discussion is about 9+)

However if you plan to set up a productive system you really should avoid USB adapters and use real network cards. (USB network cards are ok for testing, but not for stable long running systems).
If that's not possible you might want to look into the option of a VLAN capable switch.

Hah!  I copied the old driver over and it loaded fine.  I guess I'm back in business, thanks!

A few notes to myself about copying the necessary files off.

mkdir /mnt/usbflashtest
mount /dev/da0a /mnt/usbflashtest
cd usbflashtest
find / -name config.xml
cp /cf/conf/config/xml .
cp /boot/kernel/if_mos.ko .
cp /conf/default/config.xml ./config.xml.default

If formatting a USB stick to fat16 for use with Windows
/sbin/mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usbflashtest

"Best" hardware platform is totally subjective. That would never work for me with pfSense. Where's the rackmount ears? ;)

With only one NIC in it, get a managed switch and create two VLANs on it. One for your WAN connection and one for your LAN connection.

In the nanobsd images everything runs from ram almost all the time. General performance is good but flash media is slow so bootup is usually slower. Some packages cannot be installed in Nano because they require continuous write access to the file system which may damage the flash.
The hard drives will likely continue to spin. Even if they don't it would be better to remove them.

Steve

http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,59336.0.html

I post it… long,long ago...

I have a intel quad nic iam planning to use but i would like to use the built in nics aswell :/