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    Importing existing config to Netgate 6100 Max

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      mrsunfire
      last edited by

      I'm coming from a 6 NIC Intel i225-V3 china box to Netgate 6100 MAX. I'm using multi WAN (3x) and couple of VLAN's. Of course one LAN and a management port.
      Can I just upload my old config and reassign the interfaces via console? Or do I have to edit my config file first to the new network ports? (igc0 to igx0 for example)

      Thanks in advance!

      (Old system is running pfSense CE 2.6 btw)

      Netgate 6100 MAX

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        NOCling
        last edited by

        If you upload the conf to the GUI, it will ask for the new Int mapping.

        Netgate 6100 & Netgate 2100

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          One thing to be aware of here is that because the 6100 also has igc NICs it may not ask you.
          If you existing config uses only igc0-3 those also exist in the 6100 and would just be applied to them directly. As long as you have igc4 or 5 assigned in the old config though you will be asked to re-assign.

          Steve

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            mrsunfire @stephenw10
            last edited by

            @stephenw10 Thanks for that because that's the case.

            Netgate 6100 MAX

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              In that case it will just reboot into the config after you restore it using the LAN1-4 ports. You will need to connect to those as appropriate to access it but then you can re-assign the interfaces as needed.

              Steve

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                mrsunfire
                last edited by

                Feedback on this: the import was quiet painful because VLAN didn't match with interfaces names. I ended up in editing the config file with find/replace to the new interface names. Had some trouble because it's confusing that WAN1 is ix3 and WAN 2 ix2.

                After some bad user error I got it running!

                Netgate 6100 MAX

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                  mrsunfire @mrsunfire
                  last edited by

                  Another thing: coming from 3rd party device with imported settings are there any settings I should set for the 6100? system tunables I disabled flow control. Also LRO and TSO. Hardware checksum I did enable.

                  Anything else?

                  bootloader.conf is:

                  kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
kern.ipc.nmbclusters="1000000"
kern.ipc.nmbjumbop="524288"
kern.ipc.nmbjumbo9="524288"
opensolaris_load="YES"
zfs_load="YES"
kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0"
kern.geom.label.disk_ident.enable="0"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
boot_serial="YES"
console="comconsole"
comconsole_speed="115200"
hint.cordbuc.0.at="isa"
hint.cordbuc.0.port="0x800"
hint.gpioled.0.at="gpiobus0"
hint.gpioled.0.pins="0x001"
hint.gpioled.0.name="red1"
hint.gpioled.0.invert="1"
hint.gpioled.1.at="gpiobus0"
hint.gpioled.1.pins="0x002"
hint.gpioled.1.name="green1"
hint.gpioled.1.invert="1"
hint.gpioled.2.at="gpiobus0"
hint.gpioled.2.pins="0x004"
hint.gpioled.2.name="blue1"
hint.gpioled.2.invert="1"
hint.gpioled.3.at="gpiobus0"
hint.gpioled.3.pins="0x008"
hint.gpioled.3.name="amber1"
hint.gpioled.3.invert="1"
hint.gpioled.4.at="gpiobus0"
hint.gpioled.4.pins="0x010"
hint.gpioled.4.name="red2"
hint.gpioled.4.invert="1"
hint.gpioled.5.at="gpiobus0"
hint.gpioled.5.pins="0x020"
hint.gpioled.5.name="green2"
hint.gpioled.5.invert="1"
hint.gpioled.6.at="gpiobus0"
hint.gpioled.6.pins="0x040"
hint.gpioled.6.name="blue2"
hint.gpioled.6.invert="1"
hint.gpioled.7.at="gpiobus0"
hint.gpioled.7.pins="0x080"
hint.gpioled.7.name="amber2"
hint.gpioled.7.invert="1"
hint.gpioled.8.at="gpiobus0"
hint.gpioled.8.pins="0x100"
hint.gpioled.8.name="red3"
hint.gpioled.8.invert="1"
hint.gpioled.9.at="gpiobus0"
hint.gpioled.9.pins="0x200"
hint.gpioled.9.name="green3"
hint.gpioled.9.invert="1"
hint.gpioled.10.at="gpiobus0"
hint.gpioled.10.pins="0x400"
hint.gpioled.10.name="blue3"
hint.gpioled.10.invert="1"
hint.gpioled.11.at="gpiobus0"
hint.gpioled.11.pins="0x800"
hint.gpioled.11.name="amber3"
hint.gpioled.11.invert="1"
autoboot_delay="3"
hw.hn.vf_transparent="0"
hw.hn.use_if_start="1"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
hw.ix.flow_control="0"
kern.ipc.semopm=100
kern.ipc.semmni=128
kern.ipc.semmns=32000
kern.ipc.shmmni=4096

                  Netgate 6100 MAX

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    In Sys > Adv > Misc I would enable QAT and Intel Core for crypto and thermal hardware. Those are the defaults but may not be set after importing a config.

                    Steve

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