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      sstatjm
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      I only see these 2 for that card and the other 2 onboard nics

      ix0@pci0:5:0:0: class=0x020000 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x10fb subvendor=0x1374 subdevice=0x1a08
      vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
      device = '82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection'
      class = network
      subclass = ethernet
      ix1@pci0:5:0:1: class=0x020000 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x10fb subvendor=0x1374 subdevice=0x1a08
      vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
      device = '82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection'
      class = network
      subclass = ethernet

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        sstatjm
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        Do you think I have to rebuild pfsense for the other 2 ports to become active?

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Hmm, I wouldn't expect a rebuild to make any difference there. If the NICs don't appear on the bus that's some low level incompatibility.

          Can you test the card in something else?

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            sstatjm
            last edited by

            yes I can do that. Will update shortly. Just to see if all 4 ports are active and not just 2?

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              sstatjm
              last edited by

              tried it on my truenas scale box and only 2 ports show up - only 2 ports light on.
              check the network settings in truenas only 2 ports show up there also

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                Yes, I'd expect to see 4 PCI devices shown even if they are not attached to a driver.

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                  sstatjm
                  last edited by

                  So does that mean I have got a bad card?

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    It could just be a compatibility issue with that board. Or maybe you didn't look for 'none' devices in the pciconf output? That's how unattached devices are shown.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      Oh, missed your TrueNAS comment. That doesn't look good then. Especially since I believe TrueNAS is Linux based now so it's not a FreeBSD driver issue.

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                        sofmeright @sstatjm
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                        @sstatjm Curious... Did you ever get this sorted out? I am building out the 3rd node for a ceph cluster and planned to use it in Debian (Proxmox VE) and pass it thru to my VM of pfsense kinda like ive been doing on two other machines in a cluster + CARP setup :-\

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