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    • N
      netsysadmin
      last edited by

      Hello,

      We installed pfSense 2.0.3 on a PC with an embedded NIC and 2 D-Link PCI Gigabit NICs.
      The latter 2 NICs were detected and appeared in the list of NICs to choose from in pfSense during configuration.
      However, the onboard NIC was not in the list.

      I installed the phpsysinfo package and found that the list of detected devices include all 3 NICs:
      re0: RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E PCIe Gigabit Ethernet
      re1: D-Link DGE-528(T) Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
      re2: D-Link DGE-528(T) Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

      What can I do to make the onboard NIC appear in pfSense's list of detected NICs?

      Thanks for your help.

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      • G
        gderf
        last edited by

        You may want to try the latest 2.1 snapshot of pfsense. Chances are higher that more recent NICs are supported by more recent versions of pfsense.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          If it's appearing as re0 then the driver is correctly attaching to it. It should be available.
          Could we see the output of 'ifconfig'.

          Steve

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          • W
            wallabybob
            last edited by

            A nic might not appear in pfSense because
            1. It is not recognised by any device driver in the FreeBSD kernel (in which case it won't appear in the ifconfig output); or
            2. It hasn't been added to the pool of interfaces used by pfSense. To do that go to Interfaces -> (assign) and click on the "+" button on the bottom right of the page. If there is no "+" button then pfSense has all the recognised interfaces.

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            • N
              netsysadmin
              last edited by

              1. Output of 'ifconfig':

              $ ifconfig
re1: flags=8943 <up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=389b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_ucast,wol_mcast,wol_magic>ether 90:94:e4:5f:75:06
	inet 192.168.6.207 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.6.255
	inet6 fe80::9294:e4ff:fe5f:7506%re1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 
	nd6 options=43 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
	status: active
re2: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=389b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_ucast,wol_mcast,wol_magic>ether 90:94:e4:5f:75:0e
	inet6 fe80::9294:e4ff:fe5f:750e%re2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 
	nd6 options=43 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
	status: active
pfsync0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1460
	syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128 syncok: 1
enc0: flags=41 <up,running>metric 0 mtu 1536
lo0: flags=8049 <up,loopback,running,multicast>metric 0 mtu 16384
	options=3 <rxcsum,txcsum>inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
	inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 
	inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 
	nd6 options=43 <performnud,accept_rtadv>pflog0: flags=100 <promisc>metric 0 mtu 33664
re2_vlan60: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=3 <rxcsum,txcsum>ether 90:94:e4:5f:75:0e
	inet6 fe80::9294:e4ff:fe5f:7506%re2_vlan60 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7 
	inet 10.60.0.2 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 10.60.255.255
	inet A.B.C.57 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast A.B.C.63
	inet A.B.C.58 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast A.B.C.63
	inet A.B.C.59 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast A.B.C.63
	inet A.B.C.60 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast A.B.C.63
	inet A.B.C.61 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast A.B.C.63
	inet A.B.C.62 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast A.B.C.63
	nd6 options=43 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
	status: active
	vlan: 60 parent interface: re2
re2_vlan61: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=3 <rxcsum,txcsum>ether 90:94:e4:5f:75:0e
	inet6 fe80::9294:e4ff:fe5f:7506%re2_vlan61 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8 
	inet 192.168.4.100 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.4.255
	nd6 options=43 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
	status: active
	vlan: 61 parent interface: re2
re2_vlan62: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=3 <rxcsum,txcsum>ether 90:94:e4:5f:75:0e
	inet6 fe80::9294:e4ff:fe5f:7506%re2_vlan62 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9 
	inet 192.168.5.100 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.5.255
	nd6 options=43 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
	status: active
	vlan: 62 parent interface: re2</full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></promisc></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum></up,loopback,running,multicast></up,running></full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_ucast,wol_mcast,wol_magic></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_ucast,wol_mcast,wol_magic></up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>

              2. There is no "+", so I guess pfSense has not recognised the onboard NIC.

              I remember the mainboard (GIGABYTE) box mentioned that there are drivers for FreeBSD on the CD included.
              Is it possible to install these drivers in pfSense?
              Is there any risk?

              Thanks again.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                Hmm, well that's an interesting situation. The driver has clearly attached to the card since re0 is taken but it is not available as an interface. I would look through the boot log for some indication of what's happening here.

                Steve

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  For certain really broken chips it's possible that the driver latched onto the card but couldn't fully initialize everything it needs on the phy.

                  the output of "pciconf -lvb" and the contents of /var/log/dmesg.boot would be the best thing to look at.

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                  • N
                    netsysadmin
                    last edited by

                    I have attached the files.
                    What conclusion can you draw?

                    Thanks.

                    pciconf.txt
                    dmesg.boot.txt

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                    • jimpJ
                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                      last edited by

                      re0: Unknown H/W revision: 0x2c800000

                      I'd say it's just a chip variant that the driver doesn't fully recognize. Try a 2.1 snapshot.

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                      • N
                        netsysadmin
                        last edited by

                        OK. Thanks. Will try that.
                        However, as I mentioned in a post before in this thread: the drivers for the mainboard (GIGABYTE) include those for FreeBSD.
                        Is it possible to install these drivers in pfSense?
                        Is there any risk?

                        Thanks

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          It's almost certainly not possible. Any driver would have to be for FreeBSD 8.1 and would have to be a compiled kernel module as there are no build tools in pfSense.
                          If you really don't want to use 2.1 you could try this driver:
                          http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,58150.0.html

                          Steve

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                          • N
                            netsysadmin
                            last edited by

                            I confirm that the driver is correctly loaded in 2.1BETA.
                            We do intend to switch to 2.1BETA very soon.

                            Thanks for all your help.

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