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    Successful Install on Watchguard Firebox X700!

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      Another convert!  ;D

      Shame you couldn't get the Safenet card working as really boosts the VPN throughput (allegedly).
      What type of vpns are you using? Which Pfsense version are you using?
      Using IPSEC the Safenet card should be used automatically but OpenVPN or pptp you need to enable it.
      You have to be using an encyption that is supported by it also.

      Steve

      Edit: Scrub that! I see your box didn't have the Safenet SafeXcel 1141. Odd.  ???

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      • valnarV
        valnar
        last edited by

        What kind of hardware is in these things?  CPU, memory, NIC model, etc?

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          See first posts in this thread for more detail but as standard….
          1.2GHz Celeron (P3 core), 256MB, 6X Realtek NICs, Compact flash slot, mini-PCI slot (usually with SafeXcel 1141!).
          All of that is upgradable, except the NICs unfortunately.  :(

          Steve

          Edit: Did I imagine it or has this thread been merged?

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          • J
            jdetmold
            last edited by

            Same problem as some other people
            i have successfully imaged 2.0 beta 5 from jan 15th to a 4gig cf card and have my x700 booting from it
            i can then set my wan and lan ports alright
            then the console continues to "Bootup complete"
            then stops nothing more happens… i have tried connecting my laptop to port 1 (that i set as lan) and nothing

            any ideas?

            imaging with 1.2.3 works fine for me as well

            i can update from the web gui and then use teh 2.0 web gui but the console still stops at "Bootup Complete"

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            • B
              Brak
              last edited by

              @jdetmold:

              Same problem as some other people
              i have successfully imaged 2.0 beta 5 from jan 15th to a 4gig cf card and have my x700 booting from it
              i can then set my wan and lan ports alright
              then the console continues to "Bootup complete"
              then stops nothing more happens… i have tried connecting my laptop to port 1 (that i set as lan) and nothing

              any ideas?

              imaging with 1.2.3 works fine for me as well

              i can update from the web gui and then use teh 2.0 web gui but the console still stops at "Bootup Complete"

              Same issue still.

              I also noticed that if I did activate the Serial console from inside the webGUI, the firebox is essentially bricked on the next boot. webGUI won't work, and console still doesn't.

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              • J
                jdetmold
                last edited by

                is console not already activated on embedded?
                or are you running full from a hdd?

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  With that and your LCD script problem it could be a problem with the lastest snapshot.
                  I'm running a Jan 13th beta5 in my x750e without problems.

                  Steve

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                  • J
                    jdetmold
                    last edited by

                    thanks! i'll give that a try!

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                    • J
                      jdetmold
                      last edited by

                      jan 13th will also not go past "Bootup Complete" havent tested lcd yet

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                      • J
                        jdetmold
                        last edited by

                        tested rw on jan 13th build with the same result

                        [2.0-BETA5][root@pfSense.localdomain]/var/tmp(6): tar -xvf lcdd3.tar
                        x ./install-embed.lcdd.sh
                        x ./lcdd/
                        x ./lcdd/drivers/
                        x ./lcdd/LCDd.conf
                        x ./lcdd/lcdd.sh
                        x ./lcdd/lcdproc
                        x ./lcdd/LCDd
                        x ./lcdd/drivers/curses.so
                        x ./lcdd/drivers/sdeclcd.so
                        x ./lcdd2.tar
                        [2.0-BETA5][root@pfSense.localdomain]/var/tmp(7): ./install-embed.lcdd.sh
                        [2.0-BETA5][root@pfSense.localdomain]/var/tmp(8): cd /lib
                        [2.0-BETA5][root@pfSense.localdomain]/lib(9): /etc/rc.conf_mount_rw
                        [2.0-BETA5][root@pfSense.localdomain]/lib(10): ln -s libc.so.7 libc.so.6
                        ln: libc.so.6: Read-only file system

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                        • J
                          jdetmold
                          last edited by

                          not sure where the change is but i was not able to change to rw on 17 or 13 went back to dec 3rd and that seems to work fine although still stops at "Bootup complete"

                          hope this changes back before the real release :)

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                          • J
                            jdetmold
                            last edited by

                            just tried testing the throughput with ftp.

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              Well this is strange.  ???
                              I just tested on Jan 13th Beta5 and the simlinks are created just fine, no errors.
                              What type of install are you using? I'm assuming, perhaps wrongly, that you are using a nanobsd image on a CF card.
                              However it should still work on a full HD install you just don't need to remount the filesystem.

                              91Mb/s looks good though.  ;D

                              Steve

                              Edit: However what is a bit odd is that I can still create simlinks even after remounting read only.

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                              • J
                                jdetmold
                                last edited by

                                Yes I'm using a 4g nanobsd image on cf card.
                                I should also mention for the dec 3rd build I also did an update from 1.2.3.

                                And I'm not sure if it's happened to anyone else but some rrd graphs don't work.

                                Are you able to write to the file system before making it rw? (is the rw command working but not ro?)

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                                • J
                                  jdetmold
                                  last edited by

                                  just a thought… i did the 3rd build as an update and it allowed me to set rw, has anyone had it work on a fresh build? I will try it latter if i get a change but if most people are doing updates could the update be leaving access to rw? and fresh install not?

                                  also could this be the case with the "Reboot complete" issue?

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    I'm running both Dec 18th Beta4 and Jan 13th Beta5.
                                    I am using a 1GB image on a 4GB card though. Mostly because it's takes so long to write the card in my reader but there could be a difference. Image corrupted somehow? Some 4GB cards aren't actually big enough for the 4GB image.

                                    Steve

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                                    • J
                                      jdetmold
                                      last edited by

                                      easy enough to test i'll try the 1 gig

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                                      • T
                                        tehtrk
                                        last edited by

                                        @intera5:

                                        @Brak:

                                        @intera5:

                                        I bought today an X700 firebox, flashed latest nightly on a 4GB CF, and inserted on Firebox.

                                        Firebox booted correctly into pfSense, followed the setup and assigned two NICs, and then continue booting until "Bootup complete" message, and beeper play pfSense ring. And nothing …. serial terminal don't respond, no welcome string, no main menu, no Control+C response, nothing ....

                                        Only way is switching off the Firefox.

                                        What I'm doing wrong ?

                                        Edit: I already tried with differents nightlies, with equal results. Tried different NIC configurations, with LAN cables pluged and unplugged ... Nothing. Already tried the "hint.acpi.0.disabled=1". Nothing.

                                        (sorry for my bad english)

                                        Thanks!

                                        I have the same issue, but even tho the console was useless the webgui was up on the LAN port.

                                        I have since taken a break from working on the Firebox, waiting on my 512 RAM, 1.4Gz Celeron and 4GB microdrive to arrive.

                                        But, it's the first run. I have no chance to assign an IP address to the LAN port. So, how can I access the webgui without an IP address ?

                                        Edit: pfSense 1.2.3 works perfectly. So, problem is with 2.0-BETA5.

                                        Thanks.

                                        Were there ANY bios changes?

                                        Also, if it helps, I had to chose "revert to factory settings" in the pfSense console menu. I then restored certain parts of my config. A fresh install might be worth trying if this is not one.

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                                          jdetmold
                                          last edited by

                                          @stephenw10:

                                          I'm running both Dec 18th Beta4 and Jan 13th Beta5.
                                          I am using a 1GB image on a 4GB card though. Mostly because it's takes so long to write the card in my reader but there could be a difference. Image corrupted somehow? Some 4GB cards aren't actually big enough for the 4GB image.

                                          Steve

                                          no joy just tried pfSense-2.0-BETA5-1g-i386-20110113-0349-nanobsd.img fresh install
                                          used dd to image to 4gig cf still get the "bootup compluete" halt in console
                                          still get

                                          [2.0-BETA5][root@pfSense.localdomain]/lib(7): /etc/rc.conf_mount_rw
                                          [2.0-BETA5][root@pfSense.localdomain]/lib(8): ln -s libc.so.7 libc.so.6
                                          ln: libc.so.6: Read-only file system

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                                          • J
                                            jdetmold
                                            last edited by

                                            ok just to test i tried upgrading from 1.2.3 to todays 2.0 build to see if it was the act of upgrading vs fresh that caused it to work and i can confirm it's not still getting "Bootup Complete" and read-only error

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