Padarsey Intel 82576 Dual Port NIC
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I bought this Padarsey Intel 82576 Dual Port NIC for my pfsense firewall. Unfortunately I have had no luck setting it up. I can see both interfaces are set but when I connect the WAN to igb0 both ports go down and pfsense freezes. The only way to recover is to unplug both interfaces and reboot. I can connect the LAN interface to igb1 and everything is fine. I can access via the WEBGui. But as soon as I connect the WAN both ports go offline and everything freezes. I've been searching all over for solutions but have come up empty. Any ideas?
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That sounds like either a hardware issue or some low level compatibility problem.
Try re-assigning the WAN to igb1 and see if the fault follows it.
Steve
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Same issue. As soon as both interfaces are connected, they both go offline and pfsense freezes..
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But not when just one is? Either?
Could be a power limitation...
Not much that can be done in pfSense to address that really. You might try booting something else to confirm.
Steve
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The issue seems to be the WAN connection. It never pulls an IP from the modem. Regardless of which port you connect it to. I can connect the LAN to either port and access the WEBgui. But as soon as that WAN is plugged in, everything stops. If I plug the WAN by itself, I can get the firewall to boot but nothing else. It does not seem to connect. I am using just a modem so I know there is no issue with it being bridged or not.
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@luccrook said in Padarsey Intel 82576 Dual Port NIC:
when I connect the WAN to igb0 both ports go down and pfsense freezes
Exactly what happens when you do this?
Both NICs seem to lose link?
pfSense stops responding at the console?
Steve
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Both...
Both ports go out and then activity lights both come on solid green and stay that way. At the same time pfsense stop responding at the console and the WEBgui goes offline.
I've tried unplugging and replugging connections and both ports just go back to solid green on the activity.
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Yeah, OK that sounds like something you should never see. I would be booting something else at this point to check the hardware. OpenWRT perhaps.
Steve
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@stephenw10 Update....
I ended up using only one of the ethernet port on the NIC for the LAN and used the port on the MB for the WAN. Everything works. I guess the dual port NIC cannot handle WAN and LAN at the same time...
