pfSense - 2.5G port disconnects
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Mmm, interesting. What's the actual card you were using there? I've not really seen any significant issues with igc NICs here.
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@stephenw10 pfSense has 4 I225-V rev3 ports. Same card on my PC (rev3 as well).
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Right but what's the actual card? I assume it's not an Intel card. I'm not aware of a particular issue with igc but other Intel NIC types have a real problem with cheap fakes and all that implies.
Steve
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@stephenw10 BCM50991E
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@puffin23 said in pfSense - 2.5G port disconnects:
BCM50991E
Umm, that's a Broadcom chip.
What I mean here is you can buy, for example, a 4 port Intel 10G NIC for a massively wide range of prices. Some of them are 'too cheap'.
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@stephenw10 Perhaps in the future, when devices with four 10GbE will cost less, I might think about buying one.
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I'm asking if the igc NIC you're using in pfSense was in fact suspiciously cheap?
Spontaneously losing link like that could be overheating or just bad hardware.
I've not seen that issue with igc NICs (yet) though and in fact I bought the cheapest one I could find and it's been fine.
Steve
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@stephenw10 I really don't know, I bought a Mini PC with everything already installed.
I tried a lot of O.S., not just pfSense, but still same issues. -
Ah, they are on-board NICs?
Mmm, well that does sound like a hardware issue then if multiple OSes show the same thing. I would return it if you can.
Steve
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@stephenw10 Yeah, right!
I think I'll return it, yes.
