Successful Install on Watchguard Firebox X700!

jonnytabpni

Was the watchdog timeout issue ever resolved? What about in the latest 2.0 BETA builds?

gpapaiko

Hi,

I have installed Pfsense 1.2.3RC on a Firebos X1000, on a 40Gb 2.5" IDE drive, got the LCD display working and now have some across a time out.
re1: watchdog timeout - this occures almost instantnousely wen I try to access the web interface. :(
Has any one sen this before and does any one have a resolution to it.
This slows all connection right down.
I putit into production and with in 2 day it shows up gain.

I have added a Broadcom BCM4318KFB9 wireless card, but it is not seen by pfsense - is ther any drivers for it?
What card is the best to user?

Does any one if the "Safenet" encrytption card is ued by pfsense - i know it is pickup on boot.

Thanks
George ;D

gpapaiko

Hi,

Made some changes and boot wiht "boot -v" option and now go this (more details):
re1: watchdog timeout
t_delta 16.0218ab2579e66da0 too long

Any ideas on how to resolve?

Thanks
George

iFloris

@gpapaiko, I think that t_delta might be connected to the harddrive rather than to the watchguard. I found this: http://old.nabble.com/Thinkpad-T23-60-second-stall-on-resuming-8.0-RELEASE-i386-td26765321.html which references the same timeout. Someone else also has the t_delta too long message on a completely different system here: http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/freebsd-current/2009/7/12/6182173.
Also, da0 is a bsd-reference for your harddrive.

jonnytabpni

So I got my x700, which looks perfect!

However, as soon as I access the web interface, watchdog timeouts are thrown all over the place :(

Anyone have a fix? Does using the embedded kernel or full kernel make a difference? I'm using BETA 2.0 on the embedded kernel

jlepthien

Awesome! Also got a working FBX700 here now. Will look for a WLAN card and a 512MB PC133 RAM. Does anyone know how many Watts this baby consumes?

dsprague2

OK, I am a total noob at this.
I have tried doing this as the instructions states but i must be doing something wrong.
Setup:
USB - Serial adapter (PL-2303 from Prolific)
Null modem cable (as per watchguard)
X700
Safenet m-PCI card
64 MB CF Card
2GB CF Card
Actiontec Wireless LAN 802MIP

What i have done….
I have flashed a new 2GB CF card with the current version of pfSense 2GB version.
put card into CF slot and turn on unit, goes through POST and then a blank LCD screen and Power is lit green and Arm/Disarm is red.
I then had the unit boot with no CF card and changed the baud setting to 9600 as some people say works. I have also tried the other 3 with no success. I have set it to 9600/8/n/1/hardware or none or xON xOFF, has not worked.
The terminal (tried Putty and Tera Term) sometimes displays a bunch of garble and doesnt stop and most of the time nothing.
I have also tried using m0n0wall with no success.
I have tried doing all this without the WLAN or SafeNet card.

I just cant seem to get anything to work and dont know what else to do.
If your wondering, Does It Work?. Yes it does i pulled it to get pfSense on it.

I need some help or need to know what i am doing wrong.

iFloris

@dsprague2 seems to me your pl-2303 isn't working right. Perhaps the cable has a defect or your drivers might be outdated or incompatible. I've had problems with that converter in the past, so I've opted for a keyspan (tripplite) connector instead: http://www.tripplite.com/en/products/model.cfm?txtSeriesID=518&EID=14862&txtModelID=3914
You could also try an older machine that still has a serial port to see if the null modem cable isn't the culprit.

Edit: typo

mrmyke

Great news I just took a Xcore 700 out of service and now i have a use for it. Did you get any feedback from others that may or may not have gotten anything going with the display or VPN cards???

Have you put this box to the test yet?

MrMyke

dr.diesel

@jlepthien:

Awesome! Also got a working FBX700 here now. Will look for a WLAN card and a 512MB PC133 RAM. Does anyone know how many Watts this baby consumes?

My Kill-A-Watt shows 35 watts with the stock fans and a 2G CF card.

teh

I'm also running pfsense, but on the what would have been x500!

Shame the web interface dies crashes the box when trying to do stuff!

X500, 4GB CF, 256MB Ram, BE 24mbps Broadband!

MarkProvanP

@teh

In case you get confused, the x500, x700 and a higher x number all have identical hardware; Watchguard just charged more since they had a more 'advanced' software level in them (i.e. the x500 was intentionally software crippled).

mericksonj

All,

I'm a long-time lurker here that just got this project off the ground. Although I haven't yet tried the X700 I have in the basement. I did a sucessfull install with a X5000 "peak" series firebox.

512M ram, 2.8Ghz pentium 4 processor, 3 GigE ports, 7 FastE ports, USB, 4 gig CF (going to install microdrive when I get one), empty mini-PCI slot ready for your wireless NIC.

Thank you all for your assistance, the "set hw.ata.ata_dma=0" from the boot line was a great tip!

Now to go play :)

–James

PistolPete

FINALLY got mine up and running tonight.

My 512Mb stick only registers as 256Mb dispite being the Kingston RAM recommended in this thread.

I've pulled the 3 fans from the back and the super cyclone fan on the CPU sink and cut a 120mm hold located over the CPU, mounting a half height 120mm Scythe fan.

All going well, might add a wifi card later, but I'm trying to get the LCD up and running, and struggling :-/

mericksonj

@PistolPete:

FINALLY got mine up and running tonight.

My 512Mb stick only registers as 256Mb dispite being the Kingston RAM recommended in this thread.

I've pulled the 3 fans from the back and the super cyclone fan on the CPU sink and cut a 120mm hold located over the CPU, mounting a half height 120mm Scythe fan.

All going well, might add a wifi card later, but I'm trying to get the LCD up and running, and struggling :-/

Don't install the LCDPROC package, but if you follow RidnHard19's instructions exactly from the first page of this forum: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,7920.msg46356.html#msg46356 it will help until you get to the symlink part.

You'll want to replace the diver with Jean's updated version also in that thread: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,7920.msg105179.html#msg105179

Then, to wrap it all up and make it work follow the instructions to create the symlinks to the updated libraries: ( in the same thread) http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,7920.msg69315.html#msg69315

You should then be able to start the LCDd script and view the results immediately on your LCD panel.

I just finished the install on my x700, a problem with a remote serial cable forwarded to a TCP socket(I was too lazy to bring it upstairs and use my known-good serial port/cable) made it harder than expected, but I managed, and was rewarded with CARP!

Hope this helps!
–James

PistolPete

Thanks for the heads up - I'll go through those now and see where I get to before I quit for the night

PistolPete

All working - a damn sight easier than I was expecting too!!!

Plus, I'm in the web interface all the time and I've not seen a single watchdog timeout in the logs.

mericksonj

Woo Hoo!

I am just at the staging point right now so I haven't connected/configured a WAN interface yet, but from what I've read, the Web GUI over the LAN doesn't cause the timeouts so I haven't expected any. I'll report on that too if I get to the implementation phase and see anything wrong.

markandrews

I just found myself a x700 box on bay for cheep and am anxious to give this a try

PistolPete

If anyone else is interested I have just successfully upgraded the CPU with a P3-1.4Ghz (CPU ID SL6BY) and the previously mentioned KVR133X64C3/512 Kingston RAM.

Both just a straight swap and reboot.