Chinese I226-V on 23.05.1, problems
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Preliminary information on one of the firewalls — X550-T2 works without problems. If the connection is interrupted, then only from the provider, every known amount of days. Link never going down as it did with igc.
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Hmm, so the physical link stays up and only the PPPoE is restarted?
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@stephenw10
Yes, exactly. -
Hmm, I have no idea what would cause that on igc but not ix. Unless it's actually the igc link dropping causing PPPoE to reset. I've never seen it on any of our igc NICs but that is the reported symptom from those early igc NICs in Linux or Windows.
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@stephenw10
Everything is possible. It can be fake i225-v3 or even 226, just something reflashed early 225. Also it can be this buggy pcie hub/switch that is present on 2 port version cards.
But, what is really strange is that when i used it just as DHCP WAN it was also rock stable, the problem remains when PPPoE is used. I don't know. Maybe some hidden bug in the driver -
@w0w
Hello,what are the 2.5G NICs that definitely work fine with pfsense 2.7.0?
pfSensePlus24.03 2U BareMetal Asrock Industrial IMB-X1314MicroATX
CPU: i7-13700@5.2GHz, RAM:32GB ECC, n°2 Samsung 870EVO SATA 2.5” SSD 1TB (ZFS) Raid1
n°3 Intel i225-LM 2500/1000/100Mbps, n°1 NIC Intel i350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN, n°1 Intel X520-DA2 -
As far as I know the i225-V rev3 NICs work fine. That's what we have in the 6100 and 4100.
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@Unoptanio
There is i226-V is on the market already, that is claimed as “fixed” version of 225.
But…
https://wccftech.com/intel-releases-new-driver-to-mitigate-i226-i225-ethernet-controller-issues/
This somehow still trial and error…
You can try it anyway, at your own risk. There is no good solution for that amount of money, only if you're going with next level, like 10Gbps Intel cards that have issues as well, but support is a bit better. -
We use that in the 8200 and haven't seen any issues there either. The i226 is significantly more efficient. Uses about half the power IIRC.
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Greetings,
As a Windows user and owner of motherboards with integrated i225 and i226 network cards, I know the problems with these cards. But the new released intel drivers are only for windows systems. Are there no chip firmware updates?
So on BSB14 I have no idea if an updated driver has been released -
@stephenw10 said in Chinese I226-V on 23.05.1, problems:
8200
To install pfsense 2.7.0 in a traditional PC, do you know if this card works well? Card PCI Express Intel X710BM2
Product Description:
Model number: X710-DA2
Chipset: Intel X710BM2
Transmission rate: Up to 10Gb/s per port
Bus Interface: PCI Express 3.0 X8
Port configuration: Dual port
Connector: SFP+ connector
Bracket: Low profile & Full height
Accessory: A low profile bracket
In this moment i have installed:
N.1 Intel Ethernet I350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN PCi Ex 2.0 4x
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@Unoptanio should work i use a 4 port counterpart of the x710 variant just well
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I saw that the model "Intel X520-DA2 Intel 82599 10Gbe 2*SFP+ PCi Ex 2.0 8X Bulk" is also on sale, but maybe it's older model .
Intel X520-DA2 Scheda di rete Intel 82599 10Gbe 2*SFP+ PCi Ex 2.0 8X Bulk
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@Unoptanio sorry, no experience with the x520 chipset here
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X520 NICs usually work well, I have one. They use the ixgbe driver instead of the ixl driver for the X710. Both shoudl work fine in pfSense.
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Between these 3 motherboards which one would you choose to install pfsense? opinion based on the integrated network cards
https://www.asrockind.com/en-gb/product-compare/96
Network card Marvell AQC113 with 10/100/1000/2500/10000 Mbps works properly with pfsense 2.7.0?
pfSensePlus24.03 2U BareMetal Asrock Industrial IMB-X1314MicroATX
CPU: i7-13700@5.2GHz, RAM:32GB ECC, n°2 Samsung 870EVO SATA 2.5” SSD 1TB (ZFS) Raid1
n°3 Intel i225-LM 2500/1000/100Mbps, n°1 NIC Intel i350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN, n°1 Intel X520-DA2 -
There is no Aquatia driver in the 2.7 kernel. There is a kmod pkg that may or may not support that. That package is not in out repo though:
https://www.freshports.org/net/aquantia-atlantic-kmod/Steve
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@Unoptanio said in Chinese I226-V on 23.05.1, problems:
Marvell AQC113
I don't know how well it is supported today, but several years ago it was a pure lottery with Aquantia.
I purchased https://www.ebay.com/itm/195858888441 those. This is original Intel cards with verification label on it, at least I got two of them. Replaced thermal grease, one of them looked like not used at all. Updated firmware to the latest available from Intel, both are now working fine… Just read https://forum.netgate.com/topic/146913/nbase-t-support-for-intel-x550/53 if you will buy it.
@Unoptanio said in Chinese I226-V on 23.05.1, problems:
Between these 3 motherboards
imb-x1314Maybe Netgate 4100?
You can also look at N100 based mini PCs and Protectli solutions. -
@w0w said in Chinese I226-V on 23.05.1, problems:
I don't know how well it is supported today, but several years ago it was a pure lottery with Aquantia.
Yeah, and it looks like not yet to me:
https://github.com/Aquantia/aqtion-freebsd/blob/master/aq_main.c#L92 -
@w0w
it's amazing how many fake network cards there are out there. Especially the Chinese that pass for $100 Intel.
The most counterfeit, the I350T4, after a short time of use no longer work.https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/comparison-intel-i350-t4-genuine-vs-fake.6917/
pfSensePlus24.03 2U BareMetal Asrock Industrial IMB-X1314MicroATX
CPU: i7-13700@5.2GHz, RAM:32GB ECC, n°2 Samsung 870EVO SATA 2.5” SSD 1TB (ZFS) Raid1
n°3 Intel i225-LM 2500/1000/100Mbps, n°1 NIC Intel i350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN, n°1 Intel X520-DA2
