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@TooMeeK: I'm writing this after long time period and journey with pfSense versions 2.0.1 - 2.2.4. Force 10 OS's versions between 9.2 and 9.6 were tested. Dell Force10 are well supported under pfSense, especially speaking about OSPF routing. They handle traffic very well, there's no need to do special config except they must be - of course - in the same subnet as F10's OSPF core network is. Install Quagga OSPFd, set up security and let the F10's take care about routing information for pfSense routers - all should go fine. Product information is here: http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/force10-s-series/pd SWITCH INTO 10Gbit NETWORKS. TODAY. EASILY. Are you using these to run PFSense or in addition to your PFSense Box? I have HP ProCurve managed switches and I didnt think you could run PFSense on them.

You will need to compile memtest with a separate flag to enable the console output. See: http://www.memtest.org/download/1.55/memtest86+-1.55/README 4) Serial Console ================= Memtest86 can be used on PC's equipped with a serial port for the console. By default serial port console support is not enabled since it slows down testing.  To enable change the SERIAL_CONSOLE_DEFAULT define in config.h from a zero to a one.  The serial console baud rate may also be set in config.h with the SERIAL_BAUD_RATE define.  The other serial port settings are no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit.  All of the features used by memtest86 are accessible via the serial console.  However, the screen sometimes is garbled when the online commands are used.

Or just run that command from a script at boot. https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Executing_commands_at_boot_time Steve

@trumee: For the benefit of others can you tell us what was the hardware issue? I was told there was a bad manufacturing run on the board for the 2220.  A solder issue.

Your topic says i3 and you mentioned i5 in the config. It doesn't matter a lot as both i3 and i5 are equally capable.

I know what the loader.conf.local file does. But I do not have the ahci_load="YES" line in either the loader.conf or loader.conf.local. So my question is do I really need to line after all, even when trim is working without the line at the moment.

"Selection of network cards (NICs) is often the single most important performance factor in your setup. Inexpensive NICs can saturate your CPU with interrupt handling, causing missed packets and your CPU to be the bottleneck. A quality NIC can substantially increase system throughput. When using pfSense software to protect your wireless network or segment multiple LAN segments, throughput between interfaces becomes more important than throughput to the WAN interface(s). NICs based on Intel chipsets tend to be the best performing and most reliable when used with pfSense software. We therefore strongly recommend purchasing Intel cards, or systems with built-in Intel NICs up to 1Gbps. Above 1Gbps, other factors, and other NIC vendors dominate performance." That didnt came form my authory, it was extracted from: https://www.pfsense.org/hardware/index.html#sizing So be carefull with NIC selection  :o

a modem that is supported by Linux and the German Telekom and then you install Linux on a RaspBerry PI 2.0 I have used this approach. I have used OpenWRT for a modem OS and any simple SBC or supported old router with USB stick and OpenWRT as a WAN provider. I was replicating the Sierra GX440 the cheapest way possible. I used an older Atom SBC.

@aGeekHere hmm only getting half of that With Squid installed it would narrow down the entire speed for sure, you should be able to measuring the throughput like Panja was doing, plain install and then from port to port between two PCs with iPerf.

I am awake.  Laptops/Notebooks are PC's.  So are NUC's, and other NUC style devices.  And in many cases make good pfSense appliances for far less than 70w.

You can't typically change the driver for a card. The driver is detected and attaches automatically. The interfaces are named after the driver used, e.g. igb, em, re, bce, and so on. Checking the "ifconfig -a" output and the boot log (cat /var/log/dmesg.boot) can provide some additional info.

We're running pfSense on Linux KVM, Citrix XenServer and VMware ESXi environments quite well up to 100/100Mbit speeds. More requires more CPU/RAM and some tweaking. Generalny KVM is better for most cases unless You need VLANs.

Problem Solved: I got a new wifi card (it got a AR5B125 chip) and everything works perfect now, however it still doesn't work in the PCI slot with the SIM card (same issue as the original card, no errors, just no wifi singal). I guess the other card is defective.

For this CPUs inside Cisco is writing their own Code and Firmware called Cisco IOS. So I am really sure that you wouldn´t be able to run pfSense on this machine.

I'm posting this just anybody else comes looking for it. I was able to get pfsense 2.2.4 working on a Liva X. First, I had to install an mSATA SSD in order to utilize the "Legacy" boot option. To enable the legacy boot option, you tell it that you want to boot Windows 7. Then I just installed pfsense to the SSD using a thumb drive and everything works great. I was even able to get a VLAN setup with an old DD-WRT router so that I only need the one ethernet connection.

Will check that. Thx. It's 600 Ina huge number don't know exactly but probably 0.1 percent but I would still like to know why when wan has zero and lan out is zero. Only on in

Ok so your setup has some physical layout issues. Can you describe where your pfSense box and each of the two switches resides? I'm guessing here until you can provide more information. The VLAN's you've very briefly described look like they might be used to allow for external (WAN) IP's and internal (LAN) IP's on the same switches. Is some of this setup yours and some part of the building's equipment or is this all put in place by you? Can you describe what the VLAN's are trying to accomplish? You've also mentioned "APU's" as in plural - more than one - yet your diagram only shows one unit. The actual physical and logical layout of your network is important in order for us to help you out with your problem.

Generally speaking is my build with the 5150 am1 sufficient for pfsense or will it require more cpu headroom? Generally it would run for sure on it, pending on the support for the mainboard. But related to the CPU and RAM it would be really nic running. But don´t expect to much from this device owed to the throughput.