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      kp206 @stephenw10
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      @stephenw10 The 'multi gig led lights turns on when it sense a 1gb link and its on the WAN side.

      The thing is that its lights up when i plug my dell laptop via ethernet cat6 cable to the modem directly. Also the multi gig lite up on ESXi7 on pfSense, i don't get it, there was no hardware change at all, which is the confusing part.

      I plan on upgrading my network switch in the near future, can you recommend any 10gb NIC cards that are 1000/2500/10000?

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @kp206
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        @kp206 said in nic 2.5 not working.:

        The 'multi gig led lights turns on when it sense a 1gb link and its on the WAN side.

        Oh, well then it makes no difference what pfSense does on the internal link then. It could just be coincidental that it appeared to change then.

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          JimBob Indiana
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          https://forum.netgate.com/topic/159994/intel-ethernet-controller-i225-lm-support/17?_=1682292195982

          That’s one thread.

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            JimBob Indiana
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            Another:

            https://forum.netgate.com/topic/166952/2-5-gbps-hardware/21?_=1682292195985

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by stephenw10

              Hmm, OK this post certainly seems to imply the NICs were not recognised at all with hardware checksum offloading enabled. Though it's hard to see how that could possibly be since that setting only affects how NICs are configured and that can't happen if they're not recognised. Easy to test though.

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                JimBob Indiana @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10 That’s what happened when I first tried the 2.5 Intel NIC’s. Not found until was able to change the options, saved, booted, Intel cards found.

                2.7 did not require the same option selections.

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                  Dobby_ @kp206
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                  @kp206

                  It is an Intel i225-V adapter, but witch revision is it in real?
                  i225-V (version 1) - known problems
                  i225-V B2 (version 2) - known problems
                  i225-V B3 (version 3) - makes no problems

                  Intel i225-IT/AT - no problems
                  Intel i225-LM - no problems
                  Intel i226 - no problems, but support starts at pfSense 2.7

                  So be sure to not getting any problems you may install an
                  adapter (NIC) such as Intel i225-IT or i225-LM or if you try
                  out pfSense 2.7 you will also good sorted with an Intel i226
                  adapter.

                  #~. @Dobby

                  Turris Omnia - 4 Ports - 2 GB RAM / TurrisOS 7 Release (Btrfs)
                  PC Engines APU4D4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense CE 2.7.2 Release (ZFS)
                  PC Engines APU6B4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense+ (Plus) 24.03_1 Release (ZFS)

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                    kp206 @stephenw10
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                    @stephenw10 thank you for your help!!

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                      kp206 @Dobby_
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                      @dobby_ Thanks, should i look on amazon or look into name OEM brands like, Dell, Lenovo or HP?

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                        tedquade @Dobby_
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                        @dobby_ I have an appliance with i225-V inbuilt components. Do you know of a method of determining the version (visual inspection, some application, etc.)?

                        Ted Quade

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          It's shown as the revision in the output of pciconf -lv:

                          [23.01-RELEASE][root@6100-3.stevew.lan]/root: pciconf -lv igc0
                          igc0@pci0:4:0:0:	class=0x020000 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x15f3 subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0000
                              vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                              device     = 'Ethernet Controller I225-V'
                              class      = network
                              subclass   = ethernet
                          
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                            tedquade @stephenw10
                            last edited by

                            @stephenw10 I have version 1. Can someone point me to information about known problems so I can avoid bugging Pfsense / forum folks unnecessarily.

                            Ted Quade

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                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              The issue as reported is that the i225-v NICs will spontaneously disconnect at random. I have one device with an older rev NIC though and I've never seen that.

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                                Dobby_ @tedquade
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                                @tedquade said in nic 2.5 not working.:

                                @stephenw10 I have version 1. Can someone point me to information about known problems so I can avoid bugging Pfsense / forum folks unnecessarily.

                                Ted Quade

                                Your only chance as I see it is to follow the tip of @stephenw10 so if there is an patch or fix, I am pretty
                                sure it was running into FreeBSD 14.0 and with some luck
                                on your site it is done. If not it should be finding its way into
                                14.0 Current as I was reading it in the internet else where.

                                #~. @Dobby

                                Turris Omnia - 4 Ports - 2 GB RAM / TurrisOS 7 Release (Btrfs)
                                PC Engines APU4D4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense CE 2.7.2 Release (ZFS)
                                PC Engines APU6B4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense+ (Plus) 24.03_1 Release (ZFS)

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                                  Dobby_ @kp206
                                  last edited by

                                  @kp206 said in nic 2.5 not working.:

                                  should i look on amazon or look into name OEM brands like, Dell, Lenovo or HP?

                                  You can do, but often I would then try out to install the original firmware from Intel if you will be able to get
                                  your hands on.

                                  #~. @Dobby

                                  Turris Omnia - 4 Ports - 2 GB RAM / TurrisOS 7 Release (Btrfs)
                                  PC Engines APU4D4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense CE 2.7.2 Release (ZFS)
                                  PC Engines APU6B4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense+ (Plus) 24.03_1 Release (ZFS)

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                                    JimBob Indiana @tedquade
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                                    @tedquade As Stephenw10 I’ve never had any issue with the Intel 2.5gb NIC’s. I’m using version 3’s though.

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                                      kp206
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                                      Here's an update. I installed this and it works with pfSense. 😊

                                      https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNHWZBCC?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

                                      Screenshot 2023-05-03 at 11.13.07 AM.png

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                                        gerbildral
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                                        Hi,
                                        I have a NUC (nuc11tnhv50l) where i passthrough the 2 onboard i225-LM nics to pfsense, but i can't get dhcp to work on the LAN interface. this is the only message i see in the logs:
                                        5bddf460-f0b5-4b47-bf08-7215c17bc22f-image.png

                                        i have checked the ref(it is the v3), i have checked the firmware(i it 1.57), i tried a usb nic(dhcp works fine then), i even tried the dev build (2.7.0-DEVELOPMENT, also doesn't work), i disabled checksum offloading(didn't do anything)
                                        the strange thing is that it is recieving DNS suffix etc but no ipv4 addresses.

                                        do you guys have any idea where i can look to find a fix?

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          It's seeing the request and replying to it. What happens to that traffic? Can the client see it in a packet capture?
                                          Does it work if you don't use hardware pass-through?

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                                            gerbildral @stephenw10
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                                            @stephenw10 It can't discover the dhcp server, in wireshark you can see it is asking for the dhcp server but is getting no response eventhough my pc is directly connected to the LAN port
                                            6d4128c2-e0cf-4785-b86c-39abee227c0c-image.png
                                            if i connect to a working network i connects immediately.
                                            i also tried bare metal but i still get the same issue, and the bridges in proxmox also don't work

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