Theoretically it could. I've never tried. It would need to be m.2.

@scruzuser Netgate TAC will convert the config file for you for free. Otherwise yes it’s possible. When restoring you are asked to assign interfaces. There is a pitfall or two there, or was…IIRC you must click Save before Apply. The 1100 uses VLANs to separate the ports so keep the VLAN/switch config.

Yup the combo port will only link at 1G in the SFP port.

@stephenw10 it worked brother! not sure what else I can but thanks! [image: 1740787164016-361f008f-b5b4-4d45-ac03-5aea6c13b5b8-image.png]

@stephenw10 just tested that worked great. Error suppressed now. [image: 1740668371644-img_1759.png]

@gweempose https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/certificates/renew.html#renew-or-reissue-options The defaults should be fine. More useful for very old certs at this point to get them up to date security wise.

@mal Does your 6100 have the same light behavior as this (4100)? Pressing and holding the power button appears to attempt to do something after about ten seconds (it was non responsive with a five second push) according to the eight diagnostic led's changing on the circuit board but still no output on the console, no activity on the USB key and the orange circle of death remains. In this post power button pushed for 12 second state the lit led's on the board are: FLASH (immediately above RESET) V3P3A In its steady state after applying power or after pressing the power button after the above press and hold the following led's on the board are lit: PWRGD PWRGD PWRGD V3P3A https://forum.netgate.com/topic/173106/netgate-4100-circle-shows-red-led/16

I'm talking about having two separate installs with one as a backup. Using a separate drive in an existing install is not supported. You need some custom scripting to handle mounting the drive at boot etc.

Presuming this is a base model 4200 be VERY careful to protect the eMMC from wear. Do not install any packages that are listed as SSD only for any period of time and be cognizant of your logging. You'll find countless threads here on unpredictable and eventually dead Netgate base models which often turn out to have been a result of that.

Well you could try replacing that capacitor but I'm not too hopeful.

@kilthro It seems the BMC had an issue with our certificate, which caused the web portal to stop working. Despite our request, Netgate didn’t provide a factory reset command for the BMC. After two months of frustration, we decided to return the unit for a refund, as it didn’t feel ready for primetime. So, even with the two factory reset commands now documented, the BMC’s web portal still doesn’t come back?

@csa : Thank you for this.This solution works like a charm and kept you going until you replaced that resistor

@jared-silva : Appreciate the link and tip. I was wondering whether this was feasible.

Hmm, well that's disappointing. Still seems odd that the switch would behave like that though. I've never seen an eMMC failure cause that. uboot isn't even stored on the eMMC.

Urgh, that's unfortunate. Let me know if there's anything further you need.

@stephenw10 That makes sense - I’ve never used TNSR and didn’t realize the interface names were different. I know these aren’t supplied with printed instructions but a one pager port diagram for pfsense and tnsr would be a cool addition to the box.

@bgrader117 Go to Xfinity Mobile App and Reset your Modem OR Press the PIN in Back of your Motorola for 20 Seconds What is your Netgate Device ?

Can't access that screenshot. But try either looking at Diag > System Activity or (better) check at the command command line using top -HaSP whilst not having the webgui open at all. You may be seeing loading from the dashboard widgets themselves if you're checking CPU usage there.

Did you test some other client device behind the switch pulling a lease? How that differs from the switch as a client? Bizarre. Hard to see what might be different there. One possible test you could do would,be to assign mvneta0 as the LAN on the 2100 to remove the on-board switch. That's quite involved though.