Lanner 7573 Support

Guest

Actually, Ermal found some problems with the i210 before 2.1.1 dropped, and we've not gotten back to it.

stephenw10

Should probably be renamed Lanner SDEC driver, watchguards are just rebranded lanners

Interestingly that driver was originally developed for the Watchguard X-Core boxes which actually used an SDEC LCD and was not manufactured by Lanner.

Steve

jasonlitka

@gonzopancho:

Actually, Ermal found some problems with the i210 before 2.1.1 dropped, and we've not gotten back to it.

Ah, good to know.

Blooregard

I'm having some trouble with i211 ethernet controller too. Same vendor (Lanner) but a different model FW-7543.

The best result was in 2.0.3 version with serial output, but without if_igb found. I've tried compile Intel's i211 driver (different versions) in FreeBSD 8.1(i386) but without success. Only in 8.3 version it compile with success. (both i386 and amd64)

I've tried this: http://gnurds.com/index.php/2014/01/07/intel-i210-nic-in-pfsense-2-1/

Strange situation with pfs 2.1.x and 2.2 (alpha) I can't get any serial output. (I don't have VGA cable).

I'm still trying… but additional help will be appreciated! :)

demco

Blooregard,

See if the following steps help.

Start with nano vga image. Modify the image / cf card directly, before install into the device.

create file boot.config in root directory, containing only "-h" (no qoute)
create file /boot/loader.conf.local
- contain "console=comconsole" (no quote)
edit file /etc/ttys
- set entry ttyu0 to cons25 on

stephenw10

Try this for getting output to the com port:
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=76382.msg418066#msg418066

Steve

Blooregard

demco,

Thanks for your instructions!

But…

The output still stops at line:

IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.

luckman212

Does anyone know if pfSense could be made to run on the Lanner 8893C? (since we're talking about high end Lanner devices here…)
http://www.lannerinc.com/products/x86-network-appliances/x86-rackmount-appliances/fw-8893c

Guest

The Colleto Creek QA parts won't work. We have a few of these internally, but decided to concentrate on AES-NI first.

stephenw10

It's got a different LCD modules to previous Lanner devices so the driver mentioned above probably won't work. That may not concern you. ;)

Edit: Already confirmed as working in the first post. Presumably not all the buttons function.

Steve

ohmantics

I would have expected the 7573 to use EFI like the 7575 does. Unless I misunderstood, 2.1.3 can't boot on an EFI machine, right?

(I'd love to boot my 7575 without ESXi installed. It's a nightmare.)

stephenw10

@ohmantics:

Unless I misunderstood, 2.1.3 can't boot on an EFI machine, right?

Why do you think that? I would think that only problem if it has a non-disableable secure boot.

Steve

ohmantics

@stephenw10:

@ohmantics:

Unless I misunderstood, 2.1.3 can't boot on an EFI machine, right?

Why do you think that? I would think that only problem if it has a non-disableable secure boot.

Steve

I guess BIOS compatibility in UEFI firmware is more common than I understood.

I was able to boot from a USB key with the 2.1.3 memstick/serial image on it.

However, I was not able to get all the way to the web server and the UI. I seem to get stuck indefinitely at "Configuring WAN interface…" which in this case is igb4, an Intel 82580DB. All interfaces were correctly identified during setup.

stephenw10

Is the WAN actually connected and receiving and IP? It can take a while to timeout otherwise. NTP too.

Steve

ohmantics

@stephenw10:

Is the WAN actually connected and receiving and IP? It can take a while to timeout otherwise. NTP too.

Steve

Yes, it's connected, but it's a static IP and there's no upstream DHCP server. How long is the timeout here? There was no progress for 30 minutes.

stephenw10

Not that long and not at all if it's not waiting for DHCP. Maybe 30s max for ntp, probably less I've never timed it.
You have some other issue there.

Steve

ohmantics

@stephenw10:

Not that long and not at all if it's not waiting for DHCP. Maybe 30s max for ntp, probably less I've never timed it.
You have some other issue there.

Steve

Any tips for debugging it?

stephenw10

Should probably start a new thread for this different model.

Steve

luckman212

To the OP: how's it going with your FW-7573? Are you running the 2.2 betas now? Any update on compat or performance?

geminux

Hi guys,

I plan to buy a Lanner 7573A.

Any news about the i210 issues ?
Does it works well on 2.2.X ?

Thanks