Quad port PCI-express
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Interesting. I've not used the full-size PT adapters in a while, but I swear I had one installed in a system with a 2.0 bus. Maybe that's why they say "may".
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Dear Jason Litka,
I had my Supermicro with the same problems like what you said. The Motherboard and the Nic card are both from Supermicro and it does not fix the Right angle riser. I had contact with Supermicro and they have no luck in helping out. At the end, I purchased another Intel Quard Nic card and fixed the problems with the flexible pci-e cable. It was a nightmare.
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Dear Jason Litka,
I had my Supermicro with the same problems like what you said. The Motherboard and the Nic card are both from Supermicro and it does not fix the Right angle riser. I had contact with Supermicro and they have no luck in helping out. At the end, I purchased another Intel Quard Nic card and fixed the problems with the flexible pci-e cable. It was a nightmare.
Davec, can you list what case, motherboard, NIC, and riser you used? I have a similar problem (see post http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=39990.new;topicseen#new)
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Why not E1G44HT? These are newer, cooler and saves energy with better specs!
Just bought one on eBay under $250
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Why not E1G44HT? These are newer, cooler and saves energy with better specs!
Just bought one on eBay under $250
Because, the 82580 cards aren't supported unless you compile the driver yourself on a dev box and then copy it over to your production system, at least not last time I tested it.
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Why not E1G44HT? These are newer, cooler and saves energy with better specs!
Just bought one on eBay under $250
Because, the 82580 cards aren't supported unless you compile the driver yourself on a dev box and then copy it over to your production system, at least not last time I tested it.
Oops… looks I need to return it before I get it
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FWIW, I'm running an 82580-based E1G44ET in stock pfSense 2.0-RC3. However, it's an older card, and maybe there are other reasons why the E1G44HT won't work. Also, I'm curious why E1G44HT prices seem lower than E1G44ET prices.
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FWIW, I'm running an 82580-based E1G44ET in stock pfSense 2.0-RC3. However, it's an older card, and maybe there are other reasons why the E1G44HT won't work. Also, I'm curious why E1G44HT prices seem lower than E1G44ET prices.
The E1G44ET is based on a pair of 82576, not the 82580.
The E1G44HT is less expensive because it uses the 82580EB which is a native 4-port chip, making the design a lot simpler. The previous quads were actually two dual-port chips.
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FWIW, I'm running an 82580-based E1G44ET in stock pfSense 2.0-RC3. However, it's an older card, and maybe there are other reasons why the E1G44HT won't work. Also, I'm curious why E1G44HT prices seem lower than E1G44ET prices.
The E1G44ET is based on a pair of 82576, not the 82580.
The E1G44HT is less expensive because it uses the 82580EB which is a native 4-port chip, making the design a lot simpler. The previous quads were actually two dual-port chips.
Thank you. I obviously didn't read the documentation very carefully :-[
So, do we know when the 82580 cards will be supported?
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FWIW, I'm running an 82580-based E1G44ET in stock pfSense 2.0-RC3. However, it's an older card, and maybe there are other reasons why the E1G44HT won't work. Also, I'm curious why E1G44HT prices seem lower than E1G44ET prices.
The E1G44ET is based on a pair of 82576, not the 82580.
The E1G44HT is less expensive because it uses the 82580EB which is a native 4-port chip, making the design a lot simpler. The previous quads were actually two dual-port chips.
Thank you. I obviously didn't read the documentation very carefully :-[
So, do we know when the 82580 cards will be supported?
[/quote]As of 9.0 it's still not supported, at least not in the hardware notes. The driver compile is actually pretty easy though.
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,26592.msg140323.html#msg140323