• The Netgate 8300 MAX Security Gateway and Secure Router are here!

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  • Introducing the Netgate 8300 Secure Router with TNSR Software!

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  • Introducing the Netgate 8300 with pfSense Software

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    @mwatch Hi All. I just completed a new HA install on two 8300 MAX boxes, and I’ll hand it to Netgate (and its OEM) - these are REALLY REALLY nice boxes compared to any of the former higher-end appliances. For the first time the look, feel and hardware really has become proper enterprise grade. Very solid build, excellent design, two proper power supplies and enough interfaces by default really knocks it out of the park. It’s not cheap, but it is also in intirely different leagues than the 1537/1541 before it.
  • Useful resources for new appliance owners

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    @stretch1931 said in Useful resources for new appliance owners: lights and what they mean They do: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/netgate-6100/io-ports.html#led-patterns also https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/netgate-6100/factory-reset.html On the 6100 it does do a config reset, vs some models it's just a hardware reset/boot. Frustration understood. :) I suggest creating a new thread per issue so it's easier for people to notice. The forum is pretty active with several dev/admin/support folks from Netgate also, especially in this Netgate hardware forum.
  • 4200 Dead

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    Yes. But not that device because it's SATA. The 4200 only supports NVMe drives.
  • pfSense hangs when rebooting

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    Does it only do this at warm reboot? If you shutdown then power up with the PWR button does it start normally?
  • SG-2100 MAX WARNING: DTB version is 6.4 while kernel expects...

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    I would reinstall 25.07 clean and restore the config into it if you have any doubt. As long as you have the config file and a recovery image on a memstick you will be able to recover so I would probably try upgrading first. The Device Tree Blob (DTB) is a file that ARM devices use to define the hardware present to the OS. The DTB file is present in the EFI System Partion (ESP). It's loaded into from there memory and passed to the OS by uboot.
  • Netgate XG-7100-DT PWD LED remains red

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    @marcosm @stephenw10 Yes, I tried a power brick with a similar power rating as an initial troubleshooting step.
  • SG-3100 Died With Bad eMMC

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    The uboot commands sound somehow familiar to me, but actually I cant remember if I needed to do so. I cant even remember which version of pfSense was the curretn at this time when adding the m.2 SATA, 21.x or 22.x? Regards
  • 8200/6100 Intel x553 NIC and certain SFP+ modules

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    @stephenw10 OK.Thanks
  • 6100 MAX NVMe failed

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    @andrew_cb Thanks Andrew, yes cross-posted to reddit as well.
  • Another Netgate with storage failure, 6 in total so far

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    @mmkkoo https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/disk-lifetime.html
  • System Log empty after upgrade to 25.07 on 6100 MAX

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    Yup it's a display issue if the system creates a log entry with no host name: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/15411 You can just wait for the offending entry to move off the displayed logs.
  • SG-2100 packetloss in internal 5 port switch

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    @stephenw10 Yes, both ends are 1000 auto by default and I have tried fixing them to 1000 FDX fixed with no luck. Also - If I limit the client uplink to 100Mbps so the speed cannot really put heavy pressure on the 2100, the problem still arises. So it's most definitively an issue with the stability of the link or some buffer bursting as seen from the builtin 5 port switch side.
  • 6100 Failed eMMC replaced with NVme but now no longer reboots

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    @stbellcom said in 6100 Failed eMMC replaced with NVme but now no longer reboots: so we went the next drastic step and that is remove the eMMC from the board. Got any pictures of this process, that show the location of the eMMC chip(s) or tips for someone who wants to try it?
  • Netgate 1100 - Dual WAN - Unifi Setup

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    I can confirm the Netgate 1100 runs very well with dual WAN, and failover takes but a moment. In my case FTTP (300/50) + LTE (30/10 typical but an upcoming provider swap may improve that). No issues with throughput or performance. Given your intended deployment I see you might end up with double- (or even triple-) NAT. This may cause you issues with throughput because of fragmentation/retries due to the squeezing of the MTU size with adding so many headers. Also, one lesson learned from having a radio-based element in the WAN setup - in my case LTE, but probably applies to Starlink, too* - dial-up the latency numbers on the gateway monitoring. Ping times may grow to over 2000ms under load so we don't want the gateway monitor to think it's down just 'cause it's busy! (the only Starlink I have access to is in a production environment. I don't think my colleagues would be happy if I 'borrowed' it just to test a hunch)
  • 6100 zfs cannot reboot to new boot environments

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    @ddbnj Solved it. I removed an interface still pointing to the SFP. New environments are error free now.
  • SG-1100 eMMC Lifetime UP

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    Nice.
  • 6100 Firmware 03.00.00.03t-uc-126

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    Nice. Weird though.
  • Reboot gets stuck at "Installing Nvme Lens"

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    @stephenw10 Thanks for letting me know there were backend issue, I think it would be helpful if Netgate posted an announcement when there are issues, maybe some details, and an ETA to restore service. It would save a little headache for some of us.
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