Atom or Pentium?
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If you need Gbps transfer between internal subnets/interfaces then the G530 is the right choice. :)
Steve
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If you need Gbps transfer between internal subnets/interfaces then the G530 is the right choice. :)
Steve
As far as I know internal data transfers do not require much CPU (may be a few cycles) as the data is handled by the switch. WAN to LAN and LAN to WAN data transfers (throughput) is generally what takes CPU resources.
Anyways, its a no brainer.. go for the Pentium.
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That's true, traffic on an internal switch uses no resources on your pfSense box.
However if you have more than two internal interfaces, LAN and OPT1 for example, then traffic between them has to be routed through pfSense.Steve
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Thx guys!! I've ordered Celeron G530.
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I've tried to install pfSense on Intel S1200KP motherboard, but it halts on loading em1 driver for integrated NIC.
So, I've searched a little bit and found out that this board has two different NICs: Intel 82579EM (which is not supported in HERE.) and Intel 82574L.Did anyone succeeded to install v2.0.1 on this board with 2 integrated NICs?
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I've tried to install pfSense on Intel S1200KP motherboard, but it halts on loading em1 driver for integrated NIC.
So, I've searched a little bit and found out that this board has two different NICs: Intel 82579EM (which is not supported in HERE.) and Intel 82574L.Did anyone succeeded to install v2.0.1 on this board with 2 integrated NICs?
Very sorry for your issue, and it should be 82579LM according to http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/s1200kp/sb/480536_g38894_001_s1200kp_tps_r1_0.pdf.
While in my case, I am using DH61WW which utilizes a 82579V which works well on pf 2.0.1 with an add-on card using 82574L.
V stands for a consumer chips while LM is for enterprise, I am not sure what would be the difference such that your NIC cannot function, hopefully that is a minor issue and can be addressed with an update shortly. -
Support for 82579LM was added to the Intel driver in October 2010. FreeBSD 8.1 is from around May 2010. However I know that the em driver in pfSense 2.0.X is a newer version since the 8.1 release version had bugs.
Also I'm fairly confident that at some point some newer drivers were back ported but I'm not certain of that.It certainly looks as though support wasn't officially included until 8.2.
Steve
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So what now? Driver should work (it's a version 7.2.3), but it doesn't. What now, just wait? I've opened this topic just to avoid this :(
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I have a 80% cpu load & 40% - 50% load of memory ( intel celeron 1.7ghz processor and 256 mb ram ), one pc lan client, one wifi-ap, 2 interfaces( wan & lan on pfsense 2.0.1 pc platform i386 ), this statistics of my sistem were recorded when i was downloading with bitorrent 7 things/files, with wifi-ap clients connected, Also Squid started on wan interface working as proxy on external ip ! just posted a recorded statistic of my sistem for your information, thanks.
Regards.
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So what now? Driver should work (it's a version 7.2.3), but it doesn't. What now, just wait? I've opened this topic just to avoid this :(
Unless someone who is familiar with the drivers can help or a new release of pf arrives, pfsense may not be available on your set up.
On looking up in Hardforum, someone suggested to use m0n0wall beta as an alternative at the moment, the latest of it is FreeBSD 8.2 based that 82579LM should be supported.
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Seth has some 2.1 images with a FreeBSD 8.2 base up. http://iserv.nl/files/pfsense/releng82/
That's what I'm running my IPv6 networks on at the moment with no issues. Worth a try.
Though I would expect that NIC to work on 2.0 and 2.0.1 if it's supported in the stock 8.2 driver, as our Intel driver is actually newer than what's in 8.2 (though no guarantees Intel didn't break something on certain specific cards in the newer one, I'm not aware of any problems in the driver we include in 2.0.x release versions).
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Thx, I'll give it a try!! :)
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Please report back and let us know if it works… I was going to build a system using this same motherboard.
Thanks.
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It seems it's working, both DEV release and x64 standard release.
Now, I've got problem with usb cd-rom, so I can't install pfSense yet, but I'll get the S-ATA one, so I'll report back with the news…
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I've accidently installed amd64 release instead of DEV i386, but from what I've seen, DEV release is also working (it didn't stuck at the em driver).
So, thx cmb!I already put the machine in the rack, so I'm a little bit lazy to try DEV i386, but it should work :-)
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Interesting. Just to confirm you seem to be saying the X64 release of 2.0.1 has drivers that support your card but the i386 version does not?
Steve
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Yes, that's correct.
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Hmm, well that's odd but well worth knowing. Thanks :)
Steve
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To be specific, I'm talking about Intel 82579LM integrated NIC.
