WatchGuard Firebox T70

stephenw10

Usually they are connected via the SPI header. I have not tried that on the T70.

It's much more convenient if you can boot something and read out the chip but I was never able to boot anything with a serial console. The HDMI header is unpopulated so...stuck at that point. It might be possible though.

Steve

kubato

@stephenw10
I have procured a T70 and if you or someone needs the original mSata for this....it can be sent for you to "look at".
Steven please contact me via Email and we can discuss via phone or emails.
I owe a lot to the group as you all moved me off of Zyxel stuff and onto "roll your own with pfSense".

stephenw10

Thanks. I've already got one though. Someone else might.
I'm not sure there's much on it we can use. What there is there is detailed in this thread, mostly here.
It would be nice to know where the LEDs are connected. I could never find them in the usual places.

Steve

xxup

Thanks for this information. Unfortunately, it looks like the 1Gb of ram is a serious limitation. I managed to blow it after I installed Squid. All said, it is still a good platform for a peek at Pfsense.

stephenw10

The T70 should have 2GB of RAM.

xxup

@stephenw10 You are absolutely correct. I missed by one key.

bruor

Just wanted to add some additional information here.

I just did a reinstall on this box to take it to CE 2.7 from plus. During the installation I chose GPT (bios) as the partition type and can confirm that it boots without issue. I think my first install may have been MBR mode.

sebden

Would like to flash an T35 (looks similar to the T70) to pfSense, but the onBoard UART seems disabled. Tried 2 different USB-Serial-Adapter with Putty and Tera Term. Does somebody knows the correct wiring between Serial-Port and the RJ45-Console-Connector |0|0| instead? Thanks in advance!

stephenw10

The T35 uses a PowerPC CPU not X86. So pfSense cannot boot on it.

But I'd expect to see the WGOS boot messages at the RJ-45 serial console at least.

sebden

@stephenw10 Thank you very much! Didn't knew that this one is PowerPC based. Recovered the WGOS, but still no output via UART. This unit can rest in peace. :)

stephenw10

You might be able to get OpenWRT to run on there if you can get access. You should see something on the console though. I'd make sure your terminal setup is good, RJ-45 serial lead is correct etc.