@johnpoz - thank you for the suggestions of double NAT, tho I think it is not the optimal solution as I require wireless. Yes, the ISP router is very basic, but works out of the box with wifi 6 and I have a stable fast connection...If I didn't have to deal with MAP-E, I would put the ISP modem (yes, vdsl modem in 2023...) in bridge mode, hook up the netgate 2100 to it and use the ISP router as a simple access point for wifi.

I have a similar setup although my NAS is connected only to the UniFi side of the house. I have a 6100 MAX sitting in front of my UDM-SE in a dual NAT scenario. You might consider getting a UniFi aggregation switch which are only about $250 and give you 8 10Gb fiber ports.

My Netgate appliance is connecting to the UDM-SE via the WAN 10Gb port. Then the UDM connects to the UniFi aggregation switch with the other 10 gig connection. Then I have a 3-port link aggregation group from the Synology NAS to the aggregation switch (30Gb).

Mmm, logging the console output might be the only way to catch that.

Yup that^. Open a request and we can convert the config so it imports directly.

@stephenw10 said in Recommended NVM version for Netgate-supplied X710 NICs with 23.05.1:

The version I'm running, which has only ever been updated by the driver in pfSense, reports:

dev.ixl.0.fw_version: fw 7.0.50775 api 1.8 nvm 7.00 etid 8000521b oem 0.0.0

Ok, thank you @stephenw10,

I have been running NVM 7.30 for the past few years and given the number of improvements introduced to the driver with FreeBSD 14.0 in 23.x (most cherry-picked from the Intel driver) was curious if it might be time to upgrade the NVM.

I used whatever random antenna I had to hand (a wifi antenna) and it worked fine. However I'm in a good coverage area, if you have a marginal signal you should get a cell antenna for the frequency you're using.

@stephenw10
I am running syslog logging to a remote machine so as not to clutter the 4100 with logs, but that was in place before the crash. Not sure what could have changed. I login every day to check but so far it has been solid.

@michael_samer said in Netgate 3100 no repo in V22.05:

Hi Steve
as the command line throws "pkg: invalid url: /pfSense_plus-v22_05_armv7-core" and all pkg repairs stuck on that line a reinstall is best here (even when the issue maybe very easy patched).
I already opened a TAC ticket and received the 22.05 Image so "problem fixed"

Hi Steve as mentioned above: it will be fixed when I received the box which is very far away. I already sent an V22.05 replacement with the exported config (which behaves as it should do) and await the defective box back again in the next weeks. As the replacement box works it is surely a pure "bad conf file" problem, so for me it's problem fixed so far.

@stephenw10 thanks for explanation.

You shouldn't have to run usbrecovery more than once. Not sure what might have happened there.

For reference the external config locator will pull in a config from the USB stick at first boot after install as long as it's named config.xml.
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/backup/restore-during-install.html#restore-using-the-external-configuration-locator-ecl

Steve

Setting 'autoselect' there runs 'ifconfig media autoselect' against the NIC which may also set/unset some other registers in the NIC. Setting 'default' does not.

@pV5 The Max adds an SSD, and I think in some models (not the 2100) more memory. Some packages recommend or require an SSD due to the amount of disk writes, as eMMC has a more limited write life:
https://www.netgate.com/supported-pfsense-plus-packages
The SSD will also be faster during updates, slightly faster when saving changes, etc.

@keyser you can’t. I did open a feature request in redmine to allow the option to put in a professional key.

@markeby You have to request it.
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/sg-2440/reinstall-pfsense.html
ZFS isn’t going to solve a disk space (usually logging) issue, I was saying if you had ZFS check that.

The command will list usage for that entire directory tree.

@RobbieTT

I tried all of that already, I'm just going to run fibre instead when I get time.
Will make it future proof for higher speeds when I need them

Thanks

Finally got a terminal console to the unit and config.xml was corrupted and was 0 bytes.

Reinstall resolved.

@tkronic said in Can't reset or usb connect to console of SG-5100:

Am I not waiting long enough for this boot delay you are describing?

It will boot eventually. As noted by Stephen there is no workaround in software or adding hardware -- the only one I have found so far is removing the eMMC which requires a hot air re-working station. See here: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/181199/var-is-low-on-disk-space/18?_=1689707002968

@192-168-1-0 said in create spare SG-1100:

To make a backup unit, would it be correct to simply perform an "All" backup from the in-service unit and perform a "Restore backup" to the new unit?

Yes.