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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by stephenw10

      It would be in this function:
      https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/master/src/etc/inc/system.inc#L2546

      Steve

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      • bingo600B
        bingo600 @stephenw10
        last edited by bingo600

        @stephenw10

        He..He
        This is what my Qotom reports

        /root: /bin/kenv -q smbios.system.product
        To be filled by O.E.M.
        /root:
        
        /root:
        /root: sysctl -n hw.model
        Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5250U CPU @ 1.60GHz
        /root: sysctl -n hw.ncpu
        4
        /root:
        
        /root: /bin/kenv -q smbios.planar.product
        Q3XXG4-P
        /root:
        

        I might make some fun out of

        if (isset($planar_product[0]) && $planar_product[0] == 'Q3XXG4-P') {
        	if (strpos($hw_model, "i5-5250U") !== false) {
        		    return array('name' => 'Q355G4', 'descr' => 'Qotom Q355G4');
        		} else {
        		    return array('name' => 'Q3XXG4', 'descr' => 'Qotom Q3XXG4');
        		}
        		
        	}
        

        Does one have to reroot/reboot to get the above executed ?

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        pfSense+ 23.05.1 (ZFS)

        QOTOM-Q355G4 Quad Lan.
        CPUĀ  : Core i5 5250U, Ram : 8GB Kingston DDR3LV 1600
        LANĀ  : 4 x Intel 211, DiskĀ  : 240G SAMSUNG MZ7L3240HCHQ SSD

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          No the change should be immediate. That code gets run everytime the dashboard is generated, among other things.

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            TheWaterbug @stephenw10
            last edited by TheWaterbug

            @stephenw10 said in Specifying System ID on non-Netgate Hardware?:

            It would be in this function:
            https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/master/src/etc/inc/system.inc#L2546

            Steve

            Interesting! From that page:

            	$_gb = exec('/bin/kenv -q smbios.system.product 2>/dev/null', $product);
            	$_gb = exec('/bin/kenv -q smbios.system.maker 2>/dev/null', $maker);
            	$_gb = exec('/bin/kenv -q smbios.bios.version 2>/dev/null', $bios);
            

            On my my Protectli FW4C, from Diagnostics > Command Prompt:

            /bin/kenv -q smbios.system.product
            

            returns "FW4C"

            /bin/kenv -q smbios.system.maker
            

            returns "Protectli"

            and

            /bin/kenv -q smbios.system.version
            

            returns "Ver 1.0"

            So it's definitely possible to determine what box this is.

            I don't read code very well, but I don't see how that function falls through to "pfsense" if it doesn't match any known string pattern.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              That's what the last line is:
              https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/master/src/etc/inc/system.inc#L2719

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              • bingo600B
                bingo600
                last edited by bingo600

                Well it worked out fine šŸ‘ 😊

                b4e611b9-2d63-441f-b07d-d69d3a1e0442-image.png

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                pfSense+ 23.05.1 (ZFS)

                QOTOM-Q355G4 Quad Lan.
                CPUĀ  : Core i5 5250U, Ram : 8GB Kingston DDR3LV 1600
                LANĀ  : 4 x Intel 211, DiskĀ  : 240G SAMSUNG MZ7L3240HCHQ SSD

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                • bingo600B
                  bingo600 @TheWaterbug
                  last edited by bingo600

                  @thewaterbug said in Specifying System ID on non-Netgate Hardware?:

                  I don't read code very well, but I don't see how that function falls through to "pfsense" if it doesn't match any known string pattern.

                  I would try this

                  27b20a25-ec23-4985-a6c3-41f706372cb5-image.png

                  After the break; , above the case 'apu1':

                  Insert the below code

                  		case 'FW4C':
                  			if ($maker[0] == "Protectli") {
                  				return (array('name' => 'FW4C', 'descr' => 'Protectli FW4C'));
                  				}
                                                  break;
                  

                  The file to edit is /etc/inc/system.inc

                  Make a backup first: I called it system.inc.org

                  /etc/inc: ls -l system.* 
                  -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  84020 Dec 19 15:21 system.inc
                  -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  83743 Dec 19 15:19 system.inc.org
                  /etc/inc:
                  

                  If you don't know the vi editor, you might not want to do this ....

                  Can nano be installed on a pfSense ?

                  Well - It seems like there is a "Gui Editor" under diagnostic šŸ‘
                  e7d7186b-21ef-4f08-99c3-f018171aeff4-image.png

                  You might be able to do it via that one .... I have not tried it ...

                  *** Warning ***
                  My guess is if you FSCK system.inc up .... The system would NOT be happy !

                  Make sure you have made a Config backup, before playing around.
                  That way you can always restore from "scratch"

                  "Happy hacking"

                  /Bingo

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                  QOTOM-Q355G4 Quad Lan.
                  CPUĀ  : Core i5 5250U, Ram : 8GB Kingston DDR3LV 1600
                  LANĀ  : 4 x Intel 211, DiskĀ  : 240G SAMSUNG MZ7L3240HCHQ SSD

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Just so you're aware (in case you didn't realise šŸ˜‰ ) it's extremely unlikely this will ever be included upstream. So you would have to add this back after each upgrade. You might want to make it as a patch to make that easier.

                    Steve

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                    • bingo600B
                      bingo600 @stephenw10
                      last edited by bingo600

                      @stephenw10
                      If this was for me 😊

                      it's extremely unlikely this will ever be included upstream

                      I didn't even consider it a possibility, to get it "upstreamed".

                      Frankly i couldn't care less, if my system reported the "default"

                      b32929d8-3182-4502-9ce5-17f57451e168-image.png

                      VS - The "patched" version.

                      5d1ee539-3079-4f1a-bcff-ce30f176340c-image.png

                      I know what models (HW) that hide behind my firewalls , don't even need to look at the gui.

                      I took it as a fun exercise, to learn a bit about the pfSense "inners" , and learn that php looks somewhat like "C"

                      But it was fun to do (thnx) šŸ‘

                      /Bingo

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                      pfSense+ 23.05.1 (ZFS)

                      QOTOM-Q355G4 Quad Lan.
                      CPUĀ  : Core i5 5250U, Ram : 8GB Kingston DDR3LV 1600
                      LANĀ  : 4 x Intel 211, DiskĀ  : 240G SAMSUNG MZ7L3240HCHQ SSD

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                        TheWaterbug @bingo600
                        last edited by

                        @bingo600 said in Specifying System ID on non-Netgate Hardware?:

                        case 'FW4C':
                        if ($maker[0] == "Protectli") {
                        return (array('name' => 'FW4C', 'descr' => 'Protectli FW4C'));
                        }
                        break

                        Success!!

                        75c248bc-fb02-4634-98ea-49adb19b30c3-image.png

                        Thanks!

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                        • bingo600B
                          bingo600 @TheWaterbug
                          last edited by bingo600

                          @thewaterbug
                          Glad you could use it ... I had "fun" too.

                          Remember the "patch/mod" will disappear when you (pfSense) upgrade the system.

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                          CPUĀ  : Core i5 5250U, Ram : 8GB Kingston DDR3LV 1600
                          LANĀ  : 4 x Intel 211, DiskĀ  : 240G SAMSUNG MZ7L3240HCHQ SSD

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                            TheWaterbug @stephenw10
                            last edited by TheWaterbug

                            @stephenw10 said in Specifying System ID on non-Netgate Hardware?:

                            That's what the last line is:
                            https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/master/src/etc/inc/system.inc#L2719

                            Interesting. It might be more useful if the fall-through case returned:

                            smbios.system.maker . " " . smbios.system.product
                            

                            or something similar that didn't rely on parsing and matching product-specific strings.

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                              TheWaterbug @bingo600
                              last edited by

                              @bingo600 said in Specifying System ID on non-Netgate Hardware?:

                              I know what models (HW) that hide behind my firewalls , don't even need to look at the gui.
                              /Bingo

                              In most cases I do, too, because I theme each installation differently.

                              But in this particular case I've been swapping in an APU, an SG-1100, an MBT-2220, and a FW4C amongst 2 different locations, and sometimes 3 different units in 1 location all within 20 minutes, as I'm doing some IPSec throughput comparisons among different hardware. Since I'm uploading the same (or derived from the same) config.xml to different hardware, they look the same, and it would be nice to have explicit confirmation of what model I'm looking at.

                              Yes, the CPU info, etc., does tell me that, but having "FW4C" is a much shorter way of identifying this particular box.

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                              • bingo600B
                                bingo600 @TheWaterbug
                                last edited by

                                @thewaterbug said in Specifying System ID on non-Netgate Hardware?:

                                @stephenw10 said in Specifying System ID on non-Netgate Hardware?:

                                That's what the last line is:
                                https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/master/src/etc/inc/system.inc#L2719

                                Interesting. It might be more useful if the fall-through case returned:

                                smbios.system.maker . " " . smbios.system.product
                                

                                or something similar that didn't rely on parsing and matching product-specific strings.

                                I like it the way it is right now

                                As can be seen here
                                https://forum.netgate.com/post/1075848

                                My "Box name" would contain : To be filled by O.E.M.

                                Since i got
                                /root: /bin/kenv -q smbios.system.product
                                To be filled by O.E.M.

                                That would really "hurt" my eyes ...

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                                pfSense+ 23.05.1 (ZFS)

                                QOTOM-Q355G4 Quad Lan.
                                CPUĀ  : Core i5 5250U, Ram : 8GB Kingston DDR3LV 1600
                                LANĀ  : 4 x Intel 211, DiskĀ  : 240G SAMSUNG MZ7L3240HCHQ SSD

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  Yeah, it returns 'pfSense' there intentionally. Anything else would be uncontrolled if it's not hardware we know about.

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