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    • P Offline
      pedropt
      last edited by

      Update : Finally i got PFsense Installed using physdiskwrite and 512M 386 image from 2.01 version of PFsense writing the image directly on the 8G CF card , i can not get PCI card to run properly due to that IRQ7 conflict witch is the IRQ that PCI slot is using . I can use PFsense GUI , and actually the firewall is working properly using the HTA ports , 1 for wan and other for Lan .
      Over the console using putty i still have the annoying issue "interrupt storm detected on "irq7:"; throttling interrupt source" .
      If anyone one could help me to solve this issue that was awesome .

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      • stephenw10S Offline
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        Have you read the V80L thread here? http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,53277.0.html

        I imagine the two boxes are very similar. It's an interesting box. The PCI attached daughter board is clearly more than a network card. It has it's own ram for example. It seems likely that it's a 5 port managed switch on a card with one port exposed to the main board and other four available on the front. Do you have a copy of the bootup messages? You can find one in /var/log/dmesg.boot. Can you post the output of

        pcicconf -lv
        

        Does your daughter board look like the one linked in the V80L thread? We need to know what each of those ICs on there are and that might involve removing the heatsink. It may be possible to get pfSense to recongnice the card and configure it to use the extra ports but it's not going to be quick and easy.

        Steve

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          pedropt
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          hi , thank you a lot for the feedback on help .
          Yes , my pci card is almost exactly like V80L , mine is revision 1 and 2x memories of 32M each .
          and the symptoms are just like the ones that V80L have in that thread .

          Note : i missed that thread on V80L before i post this topic .

          pciconf -l -v
          hostb0@pci0:0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71928086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
              class      = bridge
              subclass  = HOST-PCI
          fxp0@pci0:0:5:0: class=0x020000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x12098086 rev=0x09 hdr=0x00
              class      = network
              subclass  = ethernet
          fxp1@pci0:0:6:0: class=0x020000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x12098086 rev=0x09 hdr=0x00
              class      = network
              subclass  = ethernet
          isab0@pci0:0:7:0: class=0x060100 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71108086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
              class      = bridge
              subclass  = PCI-ISA
          atapci0@pci0:0:7:1: class=0x010180 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71118086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
              class      = mass storage
              subclass  = ATA
          uhci0@pci0:0:7:2: class=0x0c0300 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71128086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
              class      = serial bus
              subclass  = USB
          piix0@pci0:0:7:3: class=0x068000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71138086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
              class      = bridge
          none0@pci0:0:8:0: class=0x0b4000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x000613a3 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
              class      = processor
          none1@pci0:0:9:0: class=0x020000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x01011617 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
              class      = network
              subclass  = ethernet

          $ cat /var/log/dmesg.boot
          Copyright © 1992-2010 The FreeBSD Project.
          Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
          The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
          FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
          FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p6 #0: Mon Dec 12 18:59:41 EST 2011
              root@FreeBSD_8.0_pfSense_2.0-snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj./usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_wrap.8.i386 i386
          Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
          CPU: Intel Pentium III (847.74-MHz 686-class CPU)
            Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x68a  Family = 6  Model = 8  Stepping = 10
            Features=0x387f9ff <fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,pn,mmx,fxsr,sse>real memory  = 134217728 (128 MB)
          avail memory = 112218112 (107 MB)
          netisr_init: forcing maxthreads to 1 and bindthreads to 0 for device polling
          wlan: mac acl policy registered
          ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
          ipw_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
          module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xc0710010, 0) error 1
          ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
          ipw_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
          module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_ibss_fw, 0xc07100b0, 0) error 1
          wpi: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/.
          wpi: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
          module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (wpi_fw, 0xc0883050, 0) error 1
          ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
          ipw_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
          module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xc0710150, 0) error 1
          ACPI Error: A valid RSDP was not found (20100331/tbxfroot-309)
          ACPI: Table initialisation failed: AE_NOT_FOUND
          ACPI: Try disabling either ACPI or apic support.
          cryptosoft0: <software crypto="">on motherboard
          padlock0: No ACE support.
          pcib0: <intel 82443bx="" host="" to="" pci="" bridge="" (agp="" disabled)="">pcibus 0 on motherboard
          pci0: <pci bus="">on pcib0
          fxp0: <intel 10="" 100="" 82559er="" embedded="" ethernet="">port 0xfc00-0xfc3f mem 0xc0000000-0xc0000fff,0xc0020000-0xc003ffff irq 9 at device 5.0 on pci0
          fxp0: Enabling Rx lock-up workaround
          miibus0: <mii bus="">on fxp0
          inphy0: <i82555 10="" 100="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus0
          inphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
          fxp0: [ITHREAD]
          fxp1: <intel 10="" 100="" 82559er="" embedded="" ethernet="">port 0xf800-0xf83f mem 0xc0040000-0xc0040fff,0xc0060000-0xc007ffff irq 6 at device 6.0 on pci0
          fxp1: Enabling Rx lock-up workaround
          miibus1: <mii bus="">on fxp1
          inphy1: <i82555 10="" 100="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus1
          inphy1:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
          fxp1: [ITHREAD]
          isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">at device 7.0 on pci0
          isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0
          atapci0: <intel piix4="" udma33="" controller="">port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xf400-0xf40f at device 7.1 on pci0
          ata0: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci0
          ata0: [ITHREAD]
          ata1: <ata 1="" channel="">on atapci0
          ata1: [ITHREAD]
          uhci0: <intel 82371ab="" eb="" (piix4)="" usb="" controller="">port 0xf000-0xf01f irq 11 at device 7.2 on pci0
          uhci0: [ITHREAD]
          usbus0: <intel 82371ab="" eb="" (piix4)="" usb="" controller="">on uhci0
          piix0: <piix timecounter="">port 0x10a0-0x10af at device 7.3 on pci0
          Timecounter "PIIX" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 0
          pci0: <processor>at device 8.0 (no driver attached)
          pci0: <network, ethernet="">at device 9.0 (no driver attached)
          cpu0 on motherboard
          atrtc0: <at real="" time="" clock="">at port 0x70 irq 8 on isa0
          ppc0: <parallel port="">at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
          ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
          ppc0: [ITHREAD]
          ppbus0: <parallel port="" bus="">on ppc0
          ppi0: <parallel i="" o="">on ppbus0
          uart0: <16550 or compatible> at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
          uart0: [FILTER]
          uart0: console (9600,n,8,1)
          uart1: <16550 or compatible> at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
          uart1: [FILTER]
          Timecounter "TSC" frequency 847737496 Hz quality 800
          Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
          IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
          interrupt storm detected on "irq7:"; throttling interrupt source
          usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
          ad0: 7623MB <cf card="" ver7.02k="">at ata0-master PIO4
          ugen0.1: <intel>at usbus0
          uhub0: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
          Root mount waiting for: usbus0
          uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
          Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfsense0
          interrupt storm detected on "irq7:"; throttling interrupt source
          interrupt storm detected on "irq7:"; throttling interrupt source
          interrupt storm detected on "irq7:"; throttling interrupt source
          interrupt storm detected on "irq7:"; throttling interrupt source
          interrupt storm detected on "irq7:"; throttling interrupt source
          interrupt storm detected on "irq7:"; throttling interrupt source</intel></intel></cf></parallel></parallel></parallel></at></network,></processor></piix></intel></intel></ata></ata></intel></isa></pci-isa></i82555></mii></intel></i82555></mii></intel></pci></intel></software></fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,pn,mmx,fxsr,sse>

          Btw , i was finishing the reading on V80 and it stop when brian was going to look what chip description was behind the heat-sinker in that pci card , i can send you the original watchguard firmware from mine in case you want to give a look at it . i could only get the raw image copy of it , but if you still want it to check it out then tell me and i upload the file . it is 128M the raw image , if that avoids the removing of the heat sink .

          PCI card Top image

          PCI card Bottom Image

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          • stephenw10S Offline
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            In previous Watchguard firmwares I've looked at the code for controlling proprietary hardware is in the form of a compiled module which doesn't help much. There have been some clues in various config files though. It might be completely different though because the V60 and V80 were basically made by Rapidstream before Watchguard absorbed them.

            I notice your PCI device ID is different, presumably because of the revision difference?

            What are the part numbers of the chips you can see? The two large ICs next to the SODIMMs and the heatsink.

            Steve

            Edit: The fact that the board is labelled 'SBC' has so much RAM for itself and has JTAG programming connectors leads me to believe it might well be an entirely separate computer. It could be a high powerd switch IC I guess. I think it's very unlikely I'll be able to do anything useful with it.  :(

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              pedropt
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              Thanks for the reply .
              the chips ids are :
              1 x AM29LV80088-120EC "AMD Chip" http://www.usbid.com/parts/AM29LV80088120EC
              1 x 58L256L36P http://www.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/pdf/130167/MICRON/MT58L256L36P.html
              4 x 825559ER "Intel PCI Controller" http://www.embeddedtechnology.com/doc/dual-fast-ethernet-interface-for-3u-compactpc-0001

              I will see if in next weekend i can take off the heat sink somehow without damaging the card .
              I have look over the net for some techniques "how to do it" , and i may try .

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                pedropt
                last edited by

                here it is the reference the the chip behind the heat sink :
                Rapidcore RC10000 C

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                • stephenw10S Offline
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Nice photo.  :)
                  Hmm some custom IC, yikes!
                  In order to get the required throughput between the various local interfaces Rapidstream have used a custom ASIC in addition to the X86 board. The X86 cpu and PCI bus just wasn't up to the job in 2000. The code and specs for that will not be available. However it seems that the ASIC appears as a network device, it seems likely they would have simulated some well supported NIC (or does it?) in which case it may be possible to talk to it.  :-\ On the other hand when those boxes were running the original OS the two fxp ports were only ever used to sync together several boxes in a high availability cluster. Actual network data never flowed through them. It may be that the X86 CPU only ever sent control messages to the ASIC over the PCI connection.
                  Whilst this would be a fascinating project it's way beyond my normal level of tinkering and the result would still be a fairly slow firewall. It would be much easier to replace the daughter board with a standard quad NIC.

                  Steve

                  This is talking about a later, faster model but the idea is the same:
                  @http://www.checkpoint.com/press/partners/2002/rapidstream012202.html:

                  RapidCore® ASIC and Check Point Secure XL™
                  RapidStream is the first to deliver breakthrough VPN-1 performance on a single appliance by leveraging the Check Point SecureXL™ performance framework. The security decisions made by Check Point software running on the main CPU are executed by one or more RapidCore® chips, RapidStream's custom programmable security ASIC. RapidStream's architecture allows the company to linearly scale appliance performance to any desired level by adding additional RapidCore ASICs. RapidCore ASICs perform parallel processing of VPN-1 and FireWall-1 functions, Network Address translation (NAT), Denial of Service (DoS) attack protection, and Quality of Service (QoS) functions by using the embedded four RISC CPUS and embedded memory cache. "With RapidStream's architecture, the data path traffic 'cuts through' the RapidCore processor(s) and not the appliance's central CPU, eliminating a typical performance bottleneck: the system bus," said Vince Liu, RapidStream president and CEO. "The execution of Check Point Next Generation software on the RapidStream platform matches network wire speeds so users are not impeded by security measures, nor limited by the number of sessions that can be supported. Productivity is enhanced and bandwidth purchased by the organization is not wasted, improving the company's return on investment (ROI)."

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                  • P Offline
                    pedropt
                    last edited by

                    Thanks for the reply .
                    I understand the point of view , now i am between 2 paths :
                    1 st : i use the motherboard nics only and use PFSense witch have a very good GUI and can be updated freely and at lan i put a switch to connect my lan .

                    2nd : i can use an outdated firmware from watchguard where i can use the PCI Ethernet Switch Card , but at same time i will be no secure and the configuration will be over the console (witch is a bit complicated at some points .)

                    I surely prefer the 1st one  ;)
                    By the way , Stephen , do you have vcontroller application from watchguard so i can give a look the the original firmware from this firewall without using the console and putty manually ?
                    I do not have the original CD from this firewall because i buy it on ebay and the last owner did not had it .

                    Thanks for everything .

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                      pedropt
                      last edited by

                      I removed the ethernet PCI card from the firewall and i notice that the irq 7 issue still remains as error on putty and on pfsense .
                      Is there anyway to bypass this issue ?

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                      • stephenw10S Offline
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Try running 'vmstat -i' at the console. What is causing the storm?

                        Try 'top -SH'. Anything showing high CPU usage?

                        Steve

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                          pedropt
                          last edited by

                          here are the results steven :
                          vmstat -i
                          interrupt                          total      rate
                          irq0: clk                        2090955        99
                          irq4: uart0                      1380322        66
                          irq6: fxp1                        983072        47
                          irq7: ppc0                      1965927        94
                          irq8: rtc                        2676708        127
                          irq9: fxp0                      1666721        79
                          irq14: ata0                        69918          3
                          Total                          10833623        518
                          [2.1-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root(2)

                          about the cpu usage everything is normal , it is 93% idle and have only

                          11 root    -60    -    0K  112K istorm  24:34  4.98% intr{irq7: ppc0}

                          cat /var/log/dmesg.boot
                          Copyright © 1992-2012 The FreeBSD Project.
                          Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
                                  The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
                          FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
                          FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p11 #0: Wed Sep 11 19:13:36 EDT 2013
                              root@snapshots-8_3-i386.builders.pfsense.org:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_wrap.8.i386interrupt storm detected on "irq7:"; throttling interrupt source
                          i386
                          Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
                          CPU: Intel Pentium III (847.74-MHz 686-class CPU)
                            Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x68a  Family = 6  Model = 8  Stepping = 10
                            Features=0x387f9ff <fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,pn,mmx,fxsr,sse>real memory  = 134217728 (128 MB)
                          avail memory = 108032000 (103 MB)
                          wlan: mac acl policy registered
                          cryptosoft0: <software crypto="">on motherboard
                          padlock0: No ACE support.
                          pcib0: <intel 82443bx="" host="" to="" pci="" bridge="" (agp="" disabled)="">pcibus 0 on motherboard
                          pci0: <pci bus="">on pcib0
                          fxp0: <intel 10="" 100="" 82559er="" embedded="" ethernet="">port 0xfc00-0xfc3f mem 0xc0000000-0xc0000fff,0xc0020000-0xc003ffff irq 9 at device 5.0 on pci0
                          miibus0: <mii bus="">on fxp0
                          inphy0: <i82555 10="" 100="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus0
                          inphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto, auto-flow
                          fxp0: [ITHREAD]interrupt storm detected on "irq7:"; throttling interrupt source

                          fxp1: <intel 10="" 100="" 82559er="" embedded="" ethernet="">port 0xf800-0xf83f mem 0xc0040000-0xc0040fff,0xc0060000-0xc007ffff irq 6 at device 6.0 on pci0
                          miibus1: <mii bus="">on fxp1
                          inphy1: <i82555 10="" 100="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus1
                          inphy1:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto, auto-flow
                          fxp1: [ITHREAD]
                          isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">at device 7.0 on pci0
                          isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0
                          atapci0: <intel piix4="" udma33="" controller="">port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xf400-0xf40f at device 7.1 on pci0
                          ata0: <ata channel="">at channel 0 on atapci0
                          ata0: [ITHREAD]
                          ata1: <ata channel="">at channel 1 on atapci0
                          ata1: [ITHREAD]
                          uhci0: <intel 82371ab="" eb="" (piix4)="" usb="" controller="">port 0xf000-0xf01f irq 11 at device 7.2 on pci0
                          uhci0: [ITHREAD]
                          usbus0: <intel 82371ab="" eb="" (piix4)="" usb="" controller="">on uhci0
                          piix0: <piix timecounter="">port 0x10a0-0x10af at device 7.3 on pci0
                          Timecounter "Pinterrupt storm detected on "irq7:"; throttling interrupt source
                          IIX" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 0
                          pci0: <processor>at device 8.0 (no driver attached)
                          cpu0 on motherboard
                          atrtc0: <at real="" time="" clock="">at port 0x70 irq 8 on isa0
                          ppc0: <parallel port="">at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
                          ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
                          ppc0: [ITHREAD]
                          ppbus0: <parallel port="" bus="">on ppc0
                          ppi0: <parallel i="" o="">on ppbus0
                          uart0: <16550 or compatible> at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
                          uart0: [FILTER]
                          uart0: console (9600,n,8,1)
                          uart1: <16550 or compatible> at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
                          uart1: [FILTER]
                          Timecounter "TSC" frequency 847739792 Hz quality 800
                          Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
                          IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
                          interrupt storm detected on "irq7:"; throttling interrupt source
                          usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                          ad0: 7623MB <cf card="" ver7.02k="">at ata0-master PIO4
                          ugen0.1: <intel>at usbus0
                          uinterrupt storm detected on "irq7:"; throttling interrupt source
                          hub0: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
                          Root mount waiting for: usbus0
                          uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
                          Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfsense1</intel></intel></cf></parallel></parallel></parallel></at></processor></piix></intel></intel></ata></ata></intel></isa></pci-isa></i82555></mii></intel></i82555></mii></intel></pci></intel></software></fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,pn,mmx,fxsr,sse>

                          i am also trying to find how to activate the leds of the firewall , "ready,admin & alarm" or at least the "ready" led .
                          but most important than that is solve this issue with the irq .
                          I was wondering if the cause may be related to the 128M sdram memory installed on the firewall and i be using the 512M pfsense image ?
                          Can that affect this issue ?

                          thank you for all your help on this , and as matter of fact this topic may be usefull for others users in future if they acquire a beast like this one , lol ;) .

                          Note : before posting here i notice on the start on the boot that disabling acpi may fix this issue and i disable it on the boot , but issue still remains .

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                          • stephenw10S Offline
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                            So it appears to be having a problem with the parallel  port (ppc0). Do you need the parallel port? Can it be disabled? About the only thing I can think it might be used for is the leds.

                            You can read about my own investigation into the front panel leds on other Watchguard boxes here:
                            http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,32013.0.html

                            I also just noticed that there is another device shown in your pci listing. Vendor:13a3 Device:0006. This appears to be a Hi-fn crypto chip. It is supported by the lofn(4) driver in other BSDs but hasn't been ported to FreeBSD unfortunately.

                            Steve

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                              pedropt
                              last edited by

                              Hi Steve , i can not understand why it says parallel port ?!!
                              Why it says parallel port if the hardware have none ?
                              can that port be related to the db9 ups port at back of the hardware ?

                              I will check your topic about the leds later , i have to go to work now .

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                              • stephenw10S Offline
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                The UPS connector is almost certainly a serial port.
                                Just because there isn't a parallel port connector on the box does not mean it doesn't have one. It's standard PC hardware it probably uses a SuperIO chip to provide various services and it may provide a parallel port even if it's not connected to anything. Purely speculation but I could imagine an incorrectly terminated parallel interface generating way too many interrupts. On the later fireboxes the parallel port is used for the LCD.
                                Try looking in the BIOS, if you can, see if it can be disabled.

                                Steve

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                                  pedropt
                                  last edited by

                                  how do i go to the bios settings on this firewall ?
                                  i only have the console as an interface to communicate with the hardware !!!!

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                                  • stephenw10S Offline
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Well I wasn't sure if you could. Many appliance style boxes use console-redirect to access the BIOS via the serial port. Often you have to press TAB to enter the setup. Otherwise we could try switching the serial port mode using a tunable.

                                    Edit: Try adding the line:

                                    hint.ppc.0.flags="0x24" 
                                    

                                    to the file /boot/loader.conf.local. You will have to create that file.
                                    That line should disable the parallel port using an IRQ and force it to use EPP mode.

                                    Steve

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                                      pedropt
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                                      Bingo , worked just fine , thanks
                                      no more irq issues .
                                      Tab does not work to get access to bios , you told about tuneable settings that i may can get access to it , how do i do it ?

                                      Thanks for everything

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                                        Ah sorry I wrote serial and meant parallel. That device hint is the sort of thing I was thinking of. There's probably no easy way of accessing the BIOS if console redirect isn't enabled. We had to do it on the firebox x-e box because you need BIOS access to boot pfSense on that. It was high risk initially though.

                                        Steve

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                                          Hi,

                                          @pedropt: You can access the BIOS by hitting CTRL + C (I use Putty) in the console when you see the memory test

                                          Because it looks like there is no way to bring this 4 port NIC to work i wanted to replace it but non of the NICs i tried
                                          is recognized. did somebody tried this before and had success with it?

                                          Thanks in advance for any answer or idea

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                                            thanks for the tip Canus Lupus , i did not knew that one .
                                            my issue now is working in the bios from putty .
                                            i have try many commands to navigate on the bios , but i had no success doing it , i believe that half of my keyboard keys on bios just give it an exit code and then run the boot .
                                            About getting the other 4 nics working i did not yet managed to get them working .
                                            I can only get those nics working using the original watchguard firmware .
                                            Other thing before i leave , i posted a cable connection schematic on this thread for this firewall , i later notice that using a Cisco console cable it will work perfectly too .

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