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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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                                      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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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @Squuiid
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                                        @Squuiid said in pfSense on Watchguard M370:

                                        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).

                                        Still surprisingly expensive though. I'd argue the 7500T is better value. Potentially much better depending on how cheap you can find one.

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                                          aatti @HangmansNoose001380
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                                          @HangmansNoose001380 Hi, I've got an M470 and would like to replace the bios to an unlocked one. Would you please send me the download link? Thank you!

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                                            kingwilliam
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                                            @HangmansNoose001380 may i have m470 bios, because i changed cpu to xeon e3 1260l v5, i want to release the speedstep

                                            thank you!

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