@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.

Thank you patient0, I am humbled, and very grateful to have been taken to school today. Thanks a bunch! thumper23

@SteveITS Thanks - each port "being its own network" is a helpful bit of knowledge. I have a lot of learning to do so I'll move on from here, probably start a new post with more questions at some point. Appreciate your insight and time!

No me either but I'd quite like to find out! Are you able to make the failing config available to us to check?

@stephenw10 I've got a gazillion used m.2 sata drives, I'm sure one of them will work. :) Thanks!

It's a pretty standard socket. 2.5x5.5 barrel plug I believe. The only unusual thing is that it's locking.

@stephenw10 just upgraded my 6100 MAX to 24.11 and this has also appeared in my SMART widget. Have set to ignored but dont remember this ever appearing before the upgrade.

@Gertjan Sorry I wasn't super clear in my sentence but I was simply mentioning that no IP address was given and I cannot access the console so I was a bit dead in the water. I was able to use a third Micro-B cable which worked and I can see that the 1100 is not booting fully. I am in midst of trying to reinstall pfSense on the device but the first attempt via a flashed USB using etcher left me with a sub child process failed during the installation of packages. I'm trying a different USB thumb drive and will report back. @stephenw10 Yes that seemed to be the problem; I tried a third Micro-B cable and it worked. Sort of silly!

@coxhaus I would love to given the positive experience I have had with the CISCO SG200 switches. I would like to upgrade to at least 2.5G and everything I can find in CISCO products are overkill for my needs, even staying at L2.

@Nellies yeah tac is normally johhny on the spot.. I have gotten link for download in the past in couple of minutes, think longest was like 20 minutes and that was right when a version dropped and you know they had to have been swamped with tickets. So your 3100 is back in business?

@CatSpecial202 I never got it to boot but basically Netgate support just said to send it back after I reported the blank console and the power button behaviour. Did you have a 4200 or a 4200 MAX?

There isn't at the moment The 4100/6100 kit will not fit. The 4200 doesn't have the same mounting holes.

Thanks for pulling this together again, @SteveITS. Other than the use of a RAM disk, all of this has been implemented here from the start.