@viragomann Thanks.

@stephenw10 Ok then I skip this part. Thanks.

Too many variables for me. I'd have to test that to know for sure. Steve

@stephenw10 said in Can't get Huawei 4g modem working: Ah, nice! So you ran at AT command in Windows/Linux? Steve I ran the AT command on a Windows box and then moved the modem over to the pfsense box.

Hmm, interesting. SafeXcel doesn't do 3DES but it might be used for everything else there.

@stephenw10 Thanks for your help and insight!

@pf-beginner said in 2-NIC box with pfSense + L3 switch: Is there a way that I could configure pfSense to treat Port 2, Port 3, and Port 4 of the switch as separate networks (each containing only one computer) without using VLANs? No. Or at least not any way I would consider reasonable. You need 3 VLANs on the link between pfSense and the switch to segregate the 3 networks sharing the same cable. It's not complex though. The simplest VLAN capable switch could do it. Steve

@mikefromoz - thanks for the comparison and insight, this is very helpful info! I figured I would follow up as well to share my experiences with these cards. I initially bought a Chelsio T520-SO-CR in 2018, but have upgraded since to a pair of Chelsio T540-SO-CR's. I have been using these cards for about 1 - 2 years now - one of them in my pfSense firewall, the other in a Promox hypervisor. They have been rock solid - I definitely recommend them. From time to time I see them pop up in the Chelsio store - I think it's a pretty good deal for a quad port 10Gbit card: https://store.chelsio.com/collections/current-adapters/products/t540-lp-cr-4-port-1-10gbe-low-profile-uwire-adapters-with-pci-e-x8-gen3-32kconn-sfp-connector

and to the end: I have connected two LTE modem (dual WAN): earlyshellcmd and shellcmd - working in not correct. Corrcect working is only "devd" mechanism!

How many vlans do you have on this lagg? As mentioned you really have little control over which physical interface will be used. When both vlans are on the same lagg. Its quite possible for you to get a hairpin using the same physical interface for intervlan traffic. If you want to make sure that is not part of the problem - I would move the vlans you want to test routing throughput on different physical interfaces. Do you see full bandwidth then?

You don't need to add on your own things for Realtek on 2.5.0. If the stock drivers don't work, then use the one from pkg install realtek-re-kmod

@jeffwestozit Quick follow-up. I managed to get it to boot once I modified the boot options. I disabled Network boot as an option in the BIOS and it finally booted into windows. I had the network cable plugged into the on-board 1Gb NIC with no cables in either of the ports on the 10Gb NIC. I will try different combinations and confirm.

Morning. I've swapped the mSATA for a new one, reinstalled pfSense and restored my current config. All done and seems to be working well :) Thanks

@stephenw10 oh yea, didn't really think about the re-install case.. that argument alone overrides my OCD, as if i ever have to re-install I want to be to just grab a backup config and be back up and running. Thanks!

Thanks for all the great info everyone. What a mess. I think for now I'm just going to focus on the software unless you have any suggestions.

cxgb may support that. If it's this: https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-src/blob/RELENG_2_4_5/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_main.c#L299 There are a few Intel CX4 NICs listed in ix: https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-src/blob/RELENG_2_4_5/sys/dev/ixgbe/if_ix.c#L63 Steve

Just the normal one. The specs on that may only be suitable as a thin client for Windows but they are fine for pfSense. It's not running any differently to a standard install. Steve

Deppends what it actually does. Most of those look like they would only block traffic that should never be present but some could certainly cause problems. Steve

If the NICs appear in the output of pciconf -lv and are listed with a driver attached, sfxge0 and sgxge1, then they shoudl be available. It sounds like you may have simply not assigned them yet from Interfaces > Assignments. https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/interfaces/configure.html#interface-configuration Steve

Ah, nice catch! Weird though.