Intel i226-V not recognized

@thebear said in Intel i226-V not recognized:

Hi Steve, and with 2.6 the NIC's are not recognized. So 2.7 with a 22.05 backupfile wil fit my needs I guess?

Version 2.6 stable >upgrade>to> 22.05 stable

Version 2.7 Developer >upgrade>to> 22.09 or 22.11 Developer

thebear

@dobby_

Could the backup file be exchanged between dev and stable?

stephenw10

You can use a backup from Stable in Dev but not the other way around. You can always import an earlier config but stable doesn't know about some of the values in the dev config file version.
I will allow you to try and you might be lucky, your config might not contain any of the new layout.

Steve

thebear

@stephenw10

Thanks will order a unit around black Friday.

SOUK

Any up to date news with regards to Intel i226-V 2.5G NIC support in any stable versions of pfSense.

I too have one of those little fanless systems arriving next week. It would be nice to know I can put pfSense on it when it arrives, other wise I might have to resort to OpnSense or OpenWRT just so i can play with it.

Id rather just install pfSense and be done if poss.

stephenw10

2.6 supports some i226 NICs. If it's one of the PCI IDs shown here it should work:
https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-src/blob/RELENG_2_6_0/sys/dev/igc/igc_hw.h#L18

Otherwise 2.7 snapshots have the current i226 support from FreeBSD main.

Steve

SOUK

@stephenw10 Thanks Steve.

Darryl

@stephenw10 I ran pciconf -l in a shell to see the device IDs. They are 0x125C which is on the list linked above.
I have one of these 4x Intel i226-V "fanless" PCs. 2.7.0 DEV works, but after reading this thread, it seems there is no practical path to upgrading to Plus. So I'm thinking about starting over with 2.6 if it supports my NICs, which theoretically would let me switch to the Upgrade branch for a 22.05 upgrade?
With 2.7.0 DEV, when I select Upgrade branch, it only offers 22.01, which would leave me "NICless", and nobody wants to be NICless before Christmas! ;-)

stephenw10

Yes, I would try booting the 2.6 installer. You should see the igc NICs in the boot logs without needing to install to test.

Darryl

@stephenw10 I decided to give Proxmox a try and virtualize those i226 out of existence. I installed pfSense 2.6.0 in a VM, but it still wanted to upgrade to 22.01, so I did, then it offered 22.05, or 23.01 on dev. So I think there's a requirement to install 22.01 before 22.05 which is going to make trouble for people with i226 NICs on bare metal. Now on to learning all about vlans!

thebear

@darryl insert a USB NIC and update could probably help?

stephenw10

Mmm, you certainly can do it using a USB NIC but it's a long way to get to the final install.

SOUK

@darryl Nickerless is one thing, but going NIC'less is a whole other ball game.

Milithor

Hi guys

Completely new to PFsense as a firewall/router appliance, but wanted to start out with this as my ISP router does not provide the solutions I want and retail routers are just overpriced and generally not gigabit speed worthy.

That out of the way, I bought a fanless box with I226-V NICs in them, and although I seem to read here they are supported, it seems my fresh 2.6 install does not recognize them at all and refuses to boot.

I only have a USB-C to Ethernet at hand and this only pops up after it already decided to halt the system so that does not really help either.

Any guide and tips you guys can give me to help and get this thing up and running?

Cheers

Mili

P.S. if I need to make a new thread, please let me know.

thebear

@milithor I think it’s already mentioned on the forum. Use a nightly build of 2.7.0

MarinSNB

https://forum.netgate.com/topic/174406/intel-i226-v-not-recognized/14?_=1676027483074

Milithor

@thebear
Do I understand correctly this is then a developer build?

thebear

@milithor yes see the previous post for more in depth details. There is currently no clean install greenfield image with driver support.

You need to wait a few days/weeks.
Link

SOUK

@milithor said in Intel i226-V not recognized:

@thebear
Do I understand correctly this is then a developer build?

I know what its like to be messing about trying to get your new kit up and running.

Ideally at this point because the latest Stable Version (Community Edition) doesn't offer support for your Intel i226-V, If I was you I would do one of two things so's not to have to mess about too much trying to make it work.

OPTION 1

The keep it simple method:

Get two compatible USB2Ethernet adaptors plug them up install the latest stable COMMUNITY EDITION release, which is currently 2.6.0

Seen here: https://www.pfsense.org/download/

Install it PfSense setting one of your USB2Ethernet adapter to be your WAN and the other to be your LAN

Then proceed to follow this relatively simple procedure which will convert your standard latest stable community edition release (version 2.6.0) to a newer PFSENSE+ version.

Seen Here: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/install/migrate-to-plus.html

Once that is migrated to PFSENSE PLUS all of your Intel i226v ethernet ports will become available for configuration.

Note This can be done with just one Ethernet2USB device providing you have a network switch that supports VLANS.

Example here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z59_MWWPL-Q

Also Note: It could also be done using one compatible USB2Ethernet adapter without a VLAN compatible switch providing you had say a USB2WIFI adapter or some kind of internal m.2, mpcie WIFI adapter, allowing you to make one device WAN and the other LAN, have internet then proceed to the PFSENSE+ upgrade..

OPTION 2 If all else fails!

Dare I say it just install OPNsense latest iteration. Your i226 NIC will all be detected upon install.

Note: OPNsense is a fork of PFSENSE.

You can use that just so you can get your new equipment up and running for now, especially if you don't have a couple of compatible USB2Ethernet devices or VLAN compatible switch to get you going today.

Theirs not much in it between the OPNsense and PFsense to be honest, although their are far more tutorials for PFSENSE online, allot which actually apply to OPNsense.

thebear

@souk Or install the development build (nightly) of 2.7.0, play for a few weeks. Export your config and do a fresh install of 2.7.0 if its stil in your mind that nightly build are not great.

It's a lot of work to install clean for 226v nics. In fact with a new router you got the play phase where you enable every option, use that with the nightly build.