• LCDPROC CrystalFontz CFA-631 Setup

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  • [Need A Suggestion] Which NIC / Is my CPU Good Enough?

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    That's a nice build you got there. To answer your questions Intel Pro PT NICS are awesome but I would personally suggest not buying more ports than you physically need since unused ports occupy system addressing and memory resources and remain IDLE. Additionally, if not needed, I would disable the onboard LAN since it as well as other onboard devices are CPU controlled. NIC cards like the Pro PT cards incorporate their own controllers which provide better performance. Also I wouldn't worry about naming since pfsense will do this automatically and unless changed during setup will assign em0 and em1 to pcie 1 and pcie 2 in that order if NIC cards are put into them. The caviat is that if you don't put a card into pcie 1 but put a card into pcie 2, the card in pcie 2 will be named em0. 2 Side suggestions I would make is consider potential reuse of the parts if you upgraded the router and choosing a board that is  upgradable for reusability with things like and upgradeable CPU and dual channel memory would be great features for a desktop. External power is also a great consideration since, internal PSU's generate heat and inside small cases for this purposes, heat is often trapped inside due lack of good ventilation. So, based on my suggestion above I chose the Intel DQ77KB for my new build. Im going to supply a link here that illustrates a thin mini-itx board that is externally powered. Personally its a good choice but you buy what you like. Again, just showing you something with external power that is value priced and gives you upgradability. http://www.amazon.com/Intel-BLKDH61AG-Thin-Motherboard-DH61AG/dp/B00G9EXYLS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1459610896&sr=8-1&keywords=thin+mini-itx If you end up going with a externally powered board, two considerations apply since they use what is basically a laptop charger as a power source. 1st consideration is buying one that supply the required power needed by the board. 2nd is ensuring that the plug that goes into the motherboard is the same inner and outer diameter needed by the motherboard. These are easy to check on and are a must to do since there are so many of these types of chargers on the market.
  • Re-purpose and old laptop as APFW, but not finding PCMCIA ethernet card

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    No, 'ifconfig -a' does not show the missing interface. :(
  • My New PFSENSE Build

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    As promised, here is a few pics of my new build. I should point out that, I've got it running but since decided to order a Samsung 840 Evo 3D NAND MSATA SSD to use instead of the standard SSD. I'm also waiting for a few 40x40x20mm case fans to come in the mail as well as a PCIE riser to install my Dell DRAC5 remote management card. Lastly I need to modify the lid for the CPU fan because when the lid is on, it sits perfectly against the fan without bulging it and stops it from being able to pull in air. Should I do slots or cut a circle and put a filtered grill on it? I did go into the bios and modified the CPU fan from 20% minimum duty / 100% maximum duty to 70% min / 100% max. With the default my CPU was average 43C and with the new it average 32C. [image: 20160401_202558.jpg] [image: 20160401_202558.jpg_thumb] [image: 20160401_202616.jpg] [image: 20160401_202616.jpg_thumb]
  • Realtek 8111H Gigabit Fast Ethernet Controller Support on pfsense 2.3

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    Thanks. I have been trying but I've run into a dead end at the moment. Hopefully someone will give me a lead in the thread that I have open. Glad that you got your issue solved.
  • I'll just leave this here (Hint: it's ARM)

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    That looks like quite a board! If FreeBSD (and by extension, pfSense) starts supporting ARM, LOTS of things become possible. Exciting times, these are!
  • Experiences with the Minnowboard Turbot?

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    @Diler: Intel NIC - RTL NIC (I'm using this RTL on my other home server for 5 years now under pfSense. I had no problem with speed and stabillity. The speed was always very close to the HW max.) You're the only one who likes Realtek NICs.
  • I'd like to suggest a new appliance

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    @BBcan177: IMG_2649.jpg Will that keyboard come with it?  :) no.
  • Xg-1540 boot issue

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    That's not something we'd charge an incident for. Get in touch via support once you've gathered what data you can.
  • Real status of cryptographic accelerators in pfsense 2.2.6?

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    https://wiki.freebsd.org/DevSummit/201606#Schedule-1 https://twitter.com/gonzopancho/status/715262054832033792
  • New build for my father

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    This will be mainly just for firewall, NAT and OpenVPN between his house in California and mine in Texas. Pending on this it would be enough to go with an PC Engines APU2D4 or Jetway N2930 based device. Jetway N2930 ~$250 (board case & PSU) 8 GB RAM ~$40 mSATA 32 GB ~$40 All in all ~$330 PC Engines APU1D4 ~220 € with pre-installed pfSense PC Engines APU2C4 ~190 € (board, case & PSU) (AES-NI) mSATA 32 GB ~40 € WiFi ~40 € All in all ~270 € up with but I am in an area Google is deploying gigabit which makes me think the N3150 would allow for more speed. Good luck to you for both.
  • Starting a Build

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    I ended up ordering a ZOTAC ZBOX RI531 with 16GB of RAM and 120GB SSD. Thanks for all of your input.
  • Dell E5520 and E5510 - ufs crash or something?

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  • [SOLVED] S.M.A.R.T. Status Disabled

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    @Perforado: smartctl -S on -s on -a /dev/[DEVICE] enables smart and shows all smart values I figured it out. I had to use the command prompt and type in the code you provided. Its all tuned on now. Ty so much. +1 Karma for you Perforado!!! 8)
  • NIC performance on netgate RCC-VE 2440

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    Thanks for the detailed reply. I will work through these items and come back around Monday as I'm out of town. Just quickly though: I'm using the ADI community version as documented here: https://netgate.com/docs/rcc-ve-2440/pfsense.html I am doing this on the LAN interface only What I will do is run the test with pf disabled so that it's not working any rules. It shouldn't as I don't have any on the LAN. regards, Cybertoy
  • Possible Hardware problem…

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    Maybe. Chipset would be nice to know. Also: Post dmesg Please. @devs: Does the pfsense-FreeBSD-kernel support alpm (Agressive Link Power Management)?
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    Hey Dave, sorry its been a while. thanks for response above. Just because I do not have time on my side, I am thinking of buying from the pfsense store. If I get the SG-2440, https://store.pfsense.org/SG-2440/, that should cater to my needs for the next couple of years. I will turn the wireless off on my modem, and have it just as a bridge between the DSL line and the SG-2440, i.e. Modem - ADSL in Modem - LAN out SG-2440 - WAN In SG-2440 - LAN out - will be my actual devices Do you think this will work out for me. Cheers for the help.
  • Zyxel GS1900-16 VLAN over LAGG

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    I am not sure if you ever solved this, but I ran into a similar issue with my Zyxel switch.  After a fair amount of cursing and wasted time, I realized that the LAGG interface and the specific ports being used in the LAGG have to be manually added to the VLANs in question (i.e. it is not sufficient to only add the ports being used).  This is all done from the same management screen in the Zyxel web interface - the LAGG interfaces are all the way at the bottom of the screen.  Hopefully you figured this out, but maybe it will help someone else who finds this thread in the future.
  • KBN-I/2100 VS MSI AM1I + AMD Athlon 5150

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  • Netgate VE 2440 vs Supermicro vs i3

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    added an Intel 120gb SSD for a total of about $500 US, which is about $665 CDN.
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