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    • djstraussD
      djstrauss @stephenw10
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      @stephenw10 hi, just to confirm the correct one is in /post/1067389 ? Thank

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        Mookatroid @it.adminpmaria
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        • VioletDragonV
          VioletDragon @networkBob
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          @networkBob Can’t really find much on the board, can you see a header to clear BIOS Password ? If not you would require to re-program the BIOS chip, I’ve done quite a few on Security Appliances and Laptops.

          Regards.

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            I think you may be replying to an old post there. 😉

            Most of that has been solved or at least understood at this point.

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            • VioletDragonV
              VioletDragon @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10 My bad. Sorry about that, I saw the post on a email notification so thought I’d chime in.

              Regards.

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                it.adminpmaria
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                Thanks everyone for the info! I realized leter that the PS was on that image. jejejje
                Another question. It make sense to use SATA port with a SSD instead the MSATA? I saw that we can disable the MSATA PORT, so we can test on the SSD without buying another disk or removing the original.

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                  Yes, if you have a spare SSD or mSATA drive you can just swap it in and retain the original driver and OS.

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                    it.adminpmaria
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                    So now my M470 works flawlessly with the SSD disk but I have two issues:

                    1. The names of the interfaces: IG0 and so on BUT begining from the PCI MODULE: so my port 0 on the front of the M470 is IGB08 and so on. The extra module with 6 ports is 0 to 6
                    2. The external module, works and is detected BUT when I connect the network to these ports, the system dont detect the conection ever.

                    Have you the same issues?
                    TNX

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      Yes, the ports in the add-on module are parsed first. I'm not aware of a six port module though. I've seen the 8 port 1G module and 4 port 10G module.

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                        it.adminpmaria @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 Sorry my mistake, it's 8 port.
                        Apparently works well because it detects (first) but when I connect the cables the interface never detects the conection in any of the 8 ports.

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          Like no link LEDs? ifconfig never shows the link as up?

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                            it.adminpmaria @stephenw10
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                            @stephenw10 Done! I was the port mapping on the module. WATCH M470 ports.png

                            Perfect!

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                              it.adminpmaria @it.adminpmaria
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                              @it-adminpmaria-santcugat-org Bad things happends if you remove the module. 😂

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                              • djstraussD
                                djstrauss @it.adminpmaria
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                                @it-adminpmaria-santcugat-org for safety measures I suggest you to install and configure everything without the module, then you plug it in and configure the extra ports. Safety measures first

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                  Adding the module will change the NIC order if you have already assigned them.

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                                    it.adminpmaria @djstrauss
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                                    @nicknitro Bad news, when you start without the module and put the module later, the mapping of the interfaces change to the schema that I show you later.

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                      Yup. 😉

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                                      • djstraussD
                                        djstrauss @stephenw10
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                                        @stephenw10 Oh, I see..... well, maybe there's a file to rewrite the modules order, perhaps a init script or similar to automate the process.

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                          There is one thing you can do. You can add PCI device wiring hints:
                                          https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pci#DEVICE_WIRING
                                          Doing that you can specify the NIC order by the PCI bus location which doesn't change.

                                          However I don't recommend doing that. If you lose the custom values (which are not stored in the config) the NICs will be parsed in a completely different order. Better in my opinion to just use the default order and put up with the unexpected NIC sequence.

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                                            kapook00789
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                                            Hello
                                            Original m370 bios can support cpu intel 7th Generation ?

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