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      JimBob Indiana
      last edited by

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

      That’s one thread.

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        JimBob Indiana
        last edited by

        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
            last edited by

            @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
              last edited by

              @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
                last edited by

                @stephenw10 thank you for your help!!

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                  kp206 @Dobby_
                  last edited by

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

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                    tedquade @Dobby_
                    last edited by

                    @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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                        • stephenw10S
                          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
                            last edited by

                            @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_D
                              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
                                last edited by

                                @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
                                  last edited by

                                  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
                                        last edited by

                                        @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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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          Hmm, sounds like a hardware issue if Proxmox can't use them either.

                                          What if you assign LAN as the other NIC, presumably igc1?

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                                            gerbildral @stephenw10
                                            last edited by

                                            @stephenw10 unfortunately switching the interfaces also don’t work. Tomorrow I’ll do some tests with the nuc on windows to see if it wants send out dhcp so i see if it is going to be a RMA or not :)

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