Hardware driver
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Yes, and then check the boot log to see the driver version when it attaches to the NIC.
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@Gradius can you show how you did this and where you obtained the 1998.00 driver.
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198 is the version in our repo:
[2.7.2-RELEASE][admin@t70.stevew.lan]/root: pkg search realtek realtek-re-kmod-198.00_3 Kernel driver for Realtek PCIe Ethernet Controllers -
@stephenw10 is there any space between any thing in the two echo lines.
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@stephenw10 Is this the right driver to download?
https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/latest/All/realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.pkg
If I do from 13 it gives an error if I go with 14 it loads. -
@stephenw10 Do I need to take my Intel NIC card off the motherboard to get this to work/ load. And then put the NIC card back so I have incoming and outgoing? The Realtek is the NIC the motherboard comes with.
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@pfultz said in Hardware driver:
@stephenw10 Is this the right driver to download?
https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/latest/All/realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.pkgNo that won't load into the pfSense kernel. You must use the pkg from our repo. Or compile your own driver.
@pfultz said in Hardware driver:
Do I need to take my Intel NIC card off the motherboard to get this to work
No. The Realtek driver doesn't care about Intel NICs, that would make no difference.
@pfultz said in Hardware driver:
after this is done what command do you give to do I proper reboot?
Just reboot normally from the console menu or GUI (Diag > Reboot).
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@stephenw10
So where is the link to the drivers from your repo?
Are you referring to this?
pkg search realtek realtek-re-kmod-198.00_3
don't I need to "pkg-static add" of 198.00_3 first
Or I run this command to start it? "pkg install realtek-re-kmod"How do I compile my own driver?
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@pfultz
I did
pkg install realtek_re_kmod-198.00_3
Says its not there
pkg install realtek_re_kmod
installs but in the end it says already installed.Sorry I am such a new bee. Just want to load the drivers. It said it loaded the 1100.00
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@pfultz Are you running pfSense 2.7.2 CE? If yes then the 198 is part of pfSense. If not then we gotta know what version of pfSense you're running.
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If you installed the 1100.00 freebsd pkg already then first uninstall it:
pkg remove realtek-re-kmodThen install the pkg from the default CE repo using:
pkg install realtek-re-kmodThat is assuming you did not add the FreeBSD pkg repos manually at any time?
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@patient0
2.7.2 which I believe is the only one I can download for amd. -
@stephenw10
Alright all of this worked.
However now when I try to log into pf.
It doesn't see the ip of the pf machine I set up.
I can see the rig in my network with the ip I gave it.
I can ping to the machine and from the machine with no issue.
I can switch back to the intel nic. From my browser nothing.
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Can you SSH into it?
What do you see at the console?
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I ran everything on auto through option 2
I am logged in online.
Can I run the setup like this?
modem to router to pfsense to switch to 4 devices?
Right now I am modem to router to switch to pfsense
Thank you for your help. You have brought to this point.
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Yes you can put pfSense directly connected to an upstream router.
Ideally I would want to see: Modem --- pfSense --- switch ---- < devices >
I.e. only one router and that's pfSense. Doing so avoids double NAT. However that may not be possible depending on what you're using your upstream router for.
