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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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          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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            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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                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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                        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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                              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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                                      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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                                            Squuiid @kapook00789
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                                            @kapook00789 said in pfSense on Watchguard M370:

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

                                            The best CPU to use is an Intel Core i7-7700T. It’s fast, multithreaded and only 35W TDP. (QC/8MB/8T/2.9GHz/35W).
                                            As for the original BIOS, as in if you've never run WatchGuard XTM software on it and upgraded, then that I'm not sure.

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