Atom or Pentium?
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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.
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To be specific, I'm talking about Intel 82579LM integrated NIC.
Good to see you finally manage to get it working :D
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Just finished building my system
Mobo - Intel S1200KP
Cpu - Intel I3-2120T
Cooler - Silverstone NT07
Memory - Corsair Vengence (2x4GB) DDR3 Low Power (white modules)
Hard Drive - Intel 20GB SLC SSD
Case - Mini Box M350
Power Supply - Mini Box PicoPsu-150-XT
Pfsense 4GB AMD64 embeddedThe only header cables that do reach are the power (no LED or front USB to short). Runs super cool and absolutely no noise, just about dead silent.
My only issue is at idle the cpu is between 10-13 % all the time any ideas. The software loaded no problems and detected both nics with no issues. ;DWayne
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From the console run:
top -SHWhat is using cpu cycles?
Make sure you don't have the webgui open when you run it.Steve
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A reboot seemed to clear up the issue. :D
Wayne
