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    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • X
      XIII
      last edited by

      this is in the wrong forum, you are using 2.0 ALPHA
      try a 1.2.3 release version, if that solves it post a thread in 2.0

      2.0 is for testing only its not stable 1.2.3 is.

      -Chris Stutzman
      Sys0:2.0.1: AMD Sempron 140 @2.7 1024M RAM 100GHD
      Sys1:2.0.1: Intel P4 @2.66 1024M RAM 40GHD
      freedns.afraid.org - Free DNS dynamic DNS subdomain and domain hosting.
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      • epyon_avengerE
        epyon_avenger
        last edited by

        @XIII As I noted above, 1.2.3 ignores the console after boot, but if I need to get the topic moved over to another forum that's fine too. I still need to figure out if this is hardware or software causing the issue.

        EDIT: Attempting to get 1.2.3 installed properly through some BIOS nonsense, will list results in a tic.

        If life deals you a losing hand, cheat.

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          XIII
          last edited by

          1.2.2?
          did you try 1.2.3 with the method i stated?
          since you used 1.2.3 and it looks like all 4 nics are the one i would say they are bad.

          try to make them wan/lan instead of opt if that still doesnt work they may be bad. did the person who gave it to you say everything was working?

          -Chris Stutzman
          Sys0:2.0.1: AMD Sempron 140 @2.7 1024M RAM 100GHD
          Sys1:2.0.1: Intel P4 @2.66 1024M RAM 40GHD
          freedns.afraid.org - Free DNS dynamic DNS subdomain and domain hosting.
          Check out the pfSense Wiki

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          • epyon_avengerE
            epyon_avenger
            last edited by

            @XIII Sadly all I can get from the guy who gave it to me is that "it was working when I used it last" which tells me a whole lot of nothing. I got 1.2.3 working through some blind keyboard magic. Here's the new dmesg output (ACPI enabled)

            
            Copyright (c) 1992-2009 The FreeBSD Project.
            Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
                    The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
            FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
            FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p5 #0: Sun Dec  6 23:05:10 EST 2009
                sullrich@FreeBSD_7.2_pfSense_1.2.3_snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_wrap.7.i386
            Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
            CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor         1.50GHz (1499.84-MHz 686-class CPU)
              Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x6d8  Stepping = 8
              Features=0xafe9fbff <fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,tm,pbe>real memory  = 535756800 (510 MB)
            avail memory = 510386176 (486 MB)
            wlan: mac acl policy registered
            cryptosoft0: <software crypto="">on motherboard
            padlock0: No ACE support.
            acpi0: <intelr awrdacpi="">on motherboard
            acpi0: [ITHREAD]
            acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
            acpi0: reservation of 0, a0000 (3) failed
            acpi0: reservation of 100000, 1fdf0000 (3) failed
            Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
            acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x408-0x40b on acpi0
            acpi_button0: <power button="">on acpi0
            pcib0: <acpi host-pci="" bridge="">port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
            pci0: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib0
            pci0: <base peripheral=""> at device 0.1 (no driver attached)
            pci0: <base peripheral=""> at device 0.3 (no driver attached)
            vgapci0: <vga-compatible display="">port 0xe200-0xe207 mem 0xd8000000-0xdfffffff,0xe8180000-0xe81fffff irq 12 at device 2.0 on pci0
            vgapci1: <vga-compatible display="">mem 0xe0000000-0xe7ffffff,0xe8100000-0xe817ffff at device 2.1 on pci0
            uhci0: <intel 82801db="" (ich4)="" usb="" controller="" usb-a="">port 0xe000-0xe01f irq 12 at device 29.0 on pci0
            uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
            uhci0: [ITHREAD]
            usb0: <intel 82801db="" (ich4)="" usb="" controller="" usb-a="">on uhci0
            usb0: USB revision 1.0
            uhub0: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usb0
            uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
            uhci1: <intel 82801db="" (ich4)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">port 0xe100-0xe11f irq 5 at device 29.1 on pci0
            uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
            uhci1: [ITHREAD]
            usb1: <intel 82801db="" (ich4)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">on uhci1
            usb1: USB revision 1.0
            uhub1: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usb1
            uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
            ehci0: <intel 82801db="" l="" m="" (ich4)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0xe8200000-0xe82003ff irq 7 at device 29.7 on pci0
            ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
            ehci0: [ITHREAD]
            usb2: EHCI version 1.0
            usb2: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1
            usb2: <intel 82801db="" l="" m="" (ich4)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">on ehci0
            usb2: USB revision 2.0
            uhub2: <intel 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usb2
            uhub2: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
            pcib1: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 30.0 on pci0
            pci1: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib1
            fxp0: <intel 100="" 82551="" pro="" ethernet="">port 0xd000-0xd03f mem 0xe8083000-0xe8083fff,0xe8000000-0xe801ffff irq 12 at device 4.0 on pci1
            miibus0: <mii bus="">on fxp0
            inphy0: <i82555 10="" 100="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus0
            inphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
            fxp0: Ethernet address: 00:0e:b6:8c:44:a0
            fxp0: [ITHREAD]
            fxp1: <intel 100="" 82551="" pro="" ethernet="">port 0xd100-0xd13f mem 0xe8081000-0xe8081fff,0xe8020000-0xe803ffff irq 10 at device 5.0 on pci1
            miibus1: <mii bus="">on fxp1
            inphy1: <i82555 10="" 100="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus1
            inphy1:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
            fxp1: Ethernet address: 00:0e:b6:8c:44:a1
            fxp1: [ITHREAD]
            fxp2: <intel 100="" 82551="" pro="" ethernet="">port 0xd200-0xd23f mem 0xe8080000-0xe8080fff,0xe8040000-0xe805ffff irq 11 at device 6.0 on pci1
            miibus2: <mii bus="">on fxp2
            inphy2: <i82555 10="" 100="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus2
            inphy2:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
            fxp2: Ethernet address: 00:0e:b6:2b:c2:e9
            fxp2: [ITHREAD]
            fxp3: <intel 100="" 82551="" pro="" ethernet="">port 0xd300-0xd33f mem 0xe8082000-0xe8082fff,0xe8060000-0xe807ffff irq 5 at device 7.0 on pci1
            miibus3: <mii bus="">on fxp3
            inphy3: <i82555 10="" 100="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus3
            inphy3:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
            fxp3: Ethernet address: 00:0e:b6:2b:c2:e8
            fxp3: [ITHREAD]
            isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">at device 31.0 on pci0
            isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0
            atapci0: <intel ich4="" udma100="" controller="">port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xf000-0xf00f at device 31.1 on pci0
            ata0: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci0
            ata0: [ITHREAD]
            ata1: <ata 1="" channel="">on atapci0
            ata1: [ITHREAD]
            pci0: <serial bus,="" smbus="">at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
            acpi_tz0: <thermal zone="">on acpi0
            speaker0: <pc speaker="">port 0x61 on acpi0
            sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
            sio0: type 16550A, console
            sio0: [FILTER]
            sio1: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
            sio1: type 16550A
            sio1: [FILTER]
            cpu0: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
            acpi_throttle0: <acpi cpu="" throttling="">on cpu0
            orm0: <isa option="" roms="">at iomem 0xc0000-0xcc7ff,0xd0000-0xd17ff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0
            ppc0: parallel port not found.
            Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1499835835 Hz quality 800
            Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
            IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
            ad0: DMA limited to UDMA33, controller found non-ATA66 cable
            ad0: 57231MB <hts721060g9at00 mc3oa51a="">at ata0-master UDMA33
            Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
            pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled</hts721060g9at00></isa></acpi></acpi></pc></thermal></serial></ata></ata></intel></isa></pci-isa></i82555></mii></intel></i82555></mii></intel></i82555></mii></intel></i82555></mii></intel></acpi></acpi></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></vga-compatible></vga-compatible></acpi></acpi></power></intelr></software></fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,tm,pbe> 
            

            If life deals you a losing hand, cheat.

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            • epyon_avengerE
              epyon_avenger
              last edited by

              Assigning fxp0 and fxp1 as LAN/WAN doesn't change them at all, still no link lights. Starting to look more and more like hardware I guess.

              EDIT: On a whim I bridged fxp0 and fxp1 to fxp3 (LAN) to see if that would help, now it lists their status as "no carrier" instead of "down."

              If life deals you a losing hand, cheat.

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              • X
                XIII
                last edited by

                ok, do you need 4 ports? do they work with the factory riverbed image?

                -Chris Stutzman
                Sys0:2.0.1: AMD Sempron 140 @2.7 1024M RAM 100GHD
                Sys1:2.0.1: Intel P4 @2.66 1024M RAM 40GHD
                freedns.afraid.org - Free DNS dynamic DNS subdomain and domain hosting.
                Check out the pfSense Wiki

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                • epyon_avengerE
                  epyon_avenger
                  last edited by

                  I don't need four, though it'd be nice, as for the factory image it wouldn't do much because the license had expired. I didn't think to test all the ports before reformatting because it seemed like a given that they'd work. Obviously I had too much faith in the technology.

                  If life deals you a losing hand, cheat.

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                  • X
                    XIII
                    last edited by

                    so no way to get factory image (your using that drive?)

                    -Chris Stutzman
                    Sys0:2.0.1: AMD Sempron 140 @2.7 1024M RAM 100GHD
                    Sys1:2.0.1: Intel P4 @2.66 1024M RAM 40GHD
                    freedns.afraid.org - Free DNS dynamic DNS subdomain and domain hosting.
                    Check out the pfSense Wiki

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                    • X
                      XIII
                      last edited by

                      it looks like pf sees all 4 nics, and that all 4 are the same type.
                      did the guy who gave it to you use just the 2 that you got working?

                      -Chris Stutzman
                      Sys0:2.0.1: AMD Sempron 140 @2.7 1024M RAM 100GHD
                      Sys1:2.0.1: Intel P4 @2.66 1024M RAM 40GHD
                      freedns.afraid.org - Free DNS dynamic DNS subdomain and domain hosting.
                      Check out the pfSense Wiki

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                      • X
                        XIII
                        last edited by

                        make sure everything is clean, ive had some lint/dust stop a device from working, i blew on it with air all over and looked at it very carefully for about 5 min to see if i missed anything, it fixed the problem

                        if all else fails its a 1.5 GHZ system with two 1 Gbps nics (working) but since the nics are Gbps i wouldnt use it for pf (unless you have a fiber connection) i would use it for freenas or the like.

                        -Chris Stutzman
                        Sys0:2.0.1: AMD Sempron 140 @2.7 1024M RAM 100GHD
                        Sys1:2.0.1: Intel P4 @2.66 1024M RAM 40GHD
                        freedns.afraid.org - Free DNS dynamic DNS subdomain and domain hosting.
                        Check out the pfSense Wiki

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                        • epyon_avengerE
                          epyon_avenger
                          last edited by

                          Can't do a factory restore as I'm using the drive. It's a tiny little box which is why I was going to use it as a firewall, but I could see possibly using it for FreeNAS or such as well. The guy who gave it to me hadn't used it a long time, though he says he only ever used two ports so it's possible it's always had two dead ones. I suppose if nothing else it's running at the moment and has enough active ports to route if I needed it to.

                          Still, if there are any brainstorms on the other two ports I'd certainly appreciate the input. Thanks @XIII for all the suggestions.

                          If life deals you a losing hand, cheat.

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                          • epyon_avengerE
                            epyon_avenger
                            last edited by

                            Assigning fxp0 and fxp1 their own static addresses also gives the status "no carrier". Not 100% sure what that means though.

                            If life deals you a losing hand, cheat.

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                              XIII
                              last edited by

                              wallabybob may be able to decipher more from the dmesg than i could so he may respond (thought i saw him "making his rounds", also he was the one who thought of that)

                              hope it works out

                              the no carrier means no connection

                              -Chris Stutzman
                              Sys0:2.0.1: AMD Sempron 140 @2.7 1024M RAM 100GHD
                              Sys1:2.0.1: Intel P4 @2.66 1024M RAM 40GHD
                              freedns.afraid.org - Free DNS dynamic DNS subdomain and domain hosting.
                              Check out the pfSense Wiki

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                              • epyon_avengerE
                                epyon_avenger
                                last edited by

                                Got'cha, hopefully he can shed some light on this, if not I've got a mostly working machine and a few new tricks for installing embedded. Thanks XIII.

                                If life deals you a losing hand, cheat.

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                                  XIII
                                  last edited by

                                  your welcome, I try when I can (or think I can)

                                  -Chris Stutzman
                                  Sys0:2.0.1: AMD Sempron 140 @2.7 1024M RAM 100GHD
                                  Sys1:2.0.1: Intel P4 @2.66 1024M RAM 40GHD
                                  freedns.afraid.org - Free DNS dynamic DNS subdomain and domain hosting.
                                  Check out the pfSense Wiki

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