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      reiter_f @stephenw10
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      Hi, I have now got an M5600 firebox to run PFsense on it.
      Installation was okay, Pfsense is running.

      now i have to activate the copper network-ports.

      the M5600 has the following network structure: (all cards have seperate mac-adresses, like on the firebox M370)

      igb8: <Intel(R) I210 (Copper)> port 0xc000-0xc01f mem 0xfb600000-0xfb6fffff,0xfb700000-0xfb703fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci13 ........ is the service-network-port (is active)

      igb0: <Intel(R) I350 (Copper)> mem 0xfbd60000-0xfbd7ffff,0xfbd8c000-0xfbd8ffff irq 32 at device 0.0 on pci2 .... for testin i use it for WAN (is active)
      igb1: <Intel(R) I350 (Copper)> mem 0xfbd40000-0xfbd5ffff,0xfbd88000-0xfbd8bfff irq 36 at device 0.1 on pci2 .... (don't get active, are always down)
      igb2: <Intel(R) I350 (Copper)> mem 0xfbd20000-0xfbd3ffff,0xfbd84000-0xfbd87fff irq 37 at device 0.2 on pci2 .... (don't get active, are always down)
      igb3: <Intel(R) I350 (Copper)> mem 0xfbd00000-0xfbd1ffff,0xfbd80000-0xfbd83fff irq 38 at device 0.3 on pci2 .... (don't get active, are always down)

      igb4: <Intel(R) I350 (Copper)> mem 0xfbc60000-0xfbc7ffff,0xfbc8c000-0xfbc8ffff irq 32 at device 0.0 on pci3 .... (don't get active, are always down)
      igb5: <Intel(R) I350 (Copper)> mem 0xfbc40000-0xfbc5ffff,0xfbc88000-0xfbc8bfff irq 36 at device 0.1 on pci3 .... (don't get active, are always down)
      igb6: <Intel(R) I350 (Copper)> mem 0xfbc20000-0xfbc3ffff,0xfbc84000-0xfbc87fff irq 37 at device 0.2 on pci3 .... (don't get active, are always down)
      igb7: <Intel(R) I350 (Copper)> mem 0xfbc00000-0xfbc1ffff,0xfbc80000-0xfbc83fff irq 38 at device 0.3 on pci3 .... (don't get active, are always down)

      ix0: <Intel(R) X520 82599ES (SFI/SFP+)> mem 0xfb920000-0xfb93ffff,0xfb944000-0xfb947fff irq 34 at device 0.0 on pci6 .... (seems to get up)
      ix1: <Intel(R) X520 82599ES (SFI/SFP+)> mem 0xfb900000-0xfb91ffff,0xfb940000-0xfb943fff irq 37 at device 0.1 on pci6 .... (seems to get up)
      ix2: <Intel(R) X520 82599ES (SFI/SFP+)> mem 0xfb820000-0xfb83ffff,0xfb844000-0xfb847fff irq 37 at device 0.0 on pci7 .... (seems to get up)
      ix3: <Intel(R) X520 82599ES (SFI/SFP+)> mem 0xfb800000-0xfb81ffff,0xfb840000-0xfb843fff irq 36 at device 0.1 on pci7 .... (seems to get up)

      what can i to do to acctivate the igb1-7?

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        reiter_f @stephenw10
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        i've done a little workaround for the setup for the M5600, because it runs on an CFast 2.0 Card and like the other fireboxes the bios in password protected.

        (M5600)
        make an Hyper-V-PC Gen2 (UEFI) - Disk size less than CFast2.0 (128GB -> 110GB // 64GB -> 55GB) - pfSense-CE-2.6.0-RELEASE-amd64.iso to the Virtual Disk

        Boot in Hyper-V
        Login WebGui: 192.168.1.1 / admin/pfsense
        going to System > Advanced - Serial Communications - Serial Terminal (select) - Primary Console:Serial Console - SAVE
        Activate to PFsense+
        Udgrade System to PFsense+
        shut down Hyper-V

        Windows Disk-Management: Action - Attach VHD - select the Hyper-V-Disk

        Clone the Hyper-V-Disk to the CFast-Card - Software Free: AOEMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition (Sector by Sector)
        Install the card in the M5600 Firebox ...
        (all cooper ports exept igb0/8 are down) igb0-Wan, igb8-LAN (Service Lan-port is up), ix0/3 (Sfp+) works

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          How are you testing the igb ports?

          I would expect those to just work. There should be no difference between igb0 and igb1-7.

          The order they are presented in pfSense may not be the same though, you'd need to check the status of all NICs with cables connected. Do you not even see link LEDs?

          Steve

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            reiter_f @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10
            hi, i setup all ports with statik IP and DHCP-server... and tested the funktion. the port numbers are mixed around ... 3 ports works, one without DHCP Funktion, 2 after 1minute at 100Mbit and 3 are totaly without Funktion... cfconfig ans sysctl looks i think normal

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              Hmm, well that sounds odd. Do you know the ports all worked normally under the Watchguard OS?

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                reiter_f @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10

                no, sorry, i got the box without CFast card.
                is there a possebility to reinstall the igb driver, because i have don ethe installation on the HyperV

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                  I'd be very surprised if it's a driver problem. If it works on two of those NICs it should work identically on all of them.

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                    reiter_f @stephenw10
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                    @stephenw10
                    i only was thinking about an driver problem because the Prots are totaly mixed ...port 1 is igb0, port 3 is igb1, port 4 is igb6, port 7 is igb3 ....

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      That's not a driver problem. The NICs are assigned in the order they are discovered on the PCIe bus. It's possible to force the order using PCI device wiring but I would not recommend it since reinstalling defaults the config and mixes up everything again! Better to just assign the interfaces in the expected order after install so the ordering is held in the config.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        Do you have the default NIC modules in that? An 8 port 1G copper module and a 4 port 10G fiber module?

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                          reiter_f @stephenw10
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                          @stephenw10
                          yes, i have the default modules ... i have alsow cahnged the position of it.
                          i reinstalled the whole pfsense 2.7 and upgraded it to pfsense+ ... but with the same result ... maybe the card is death :)

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                            Hmm, maybe. Though the ports usually fail completely if they see some sort of electrical surge etc. Do you see link LEDs on all ports?

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                              reiter_f @stephenw10
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                              @stephenw10
                              no, some of these ports are generaly not active ... no LED

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