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      eiger3970
      last edited by

      After downloading the file pfSense-2.1.3-RELEASE-4g-amd64-nanobsd.img.gz, I

      1. Unzipped pfSense-2.1.3-RELEASE-4g-amd64-nanobsd.img.gz.
      2. Pasted the unzipped file pfSense-2.1.3-RELEASE-4g-amd64-nanobsd.img to the MicroSD 8GB card.
      3. Ejected the USB card reader from the computer.
      4. Removed the microSD 8GB card from the card reader.
      5. Inserted the microSD 8GB card into the APU.
      6. Turned on the APU.
      7. Stuck the APU into the computer's USB port.
      8. Tried the serial port access via the computer Terminal and Putty.
      9. Putty black window won't allow me to type.
      10. Posted a forum query here and on PC Engines support forum.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Ok, that's no good you can't just copy the file to the card you have to write it as a raw image bit for bit (after you've ungzipped it).
        To do that try using Win 32 disk imager: http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/

        There are some great step by step instructions on the forum somewhere. I think they're in the APU thread.

        Steve

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          eiger3970
          last edited by

          That's seems to have fixed the issue.
          I had to write the download as a bootable USB stick.

          I can now connect via serial with 9600 baud rate.

          Although, the boot is giving a partitioning problem, unlike the tutorial I found which shows a prompt?

          This is the serial terminal output:

          
data=0x596478+0xe0ed0 syms=[0x8+0x125f70+0x8+0x113bc5]
/
Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]...
KDB: debugger backends: ddb
KDB: current backend: ddb
Copyright (c) 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-p16 #0: Thu May  1 16:19:14 EDT 2014
    root@pf2_1_1_amd64.pfsense.org:/usr/obj.amd64/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.8 amd64
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: AMD G-T40E Processor (1000.00-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x500f20  Family = 14  Model = 2  Stepping = 0
  Features=0x178bfbff <fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,htt>Features2=0x802209 <sse3,mon,ssse3,cx16,popcnt>AMD Features=0x2e500800 <syscall,nx,mmx+,ffxsr,page1gb,rdtscp,lm>AMD Features2=0x35ff <lahf,cmp,svm,extapic,cr8,abm,sse4a,mas,prefetch,ibs,skinit,wdt>TSC: P-state invariant
real memory  = 2115411968 (2017 MB)
avail memory = 2017193984 (1923 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <core  coreboot="">FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)
 cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
ioapic0 <version 2.1="">irqs 0-23 on motherboard
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, 0xffffffff804abaf0, 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, 0xffffffff804abb90, 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, 0xffffffff804abc30, 0) error 1
kbd1 at kbdmux0
cryptosoft0: <software crypto="">on motherboard
padlock0: No ACE support.
acpi0: <core coreboot="">on motherboard
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <32-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
cpu0: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
cpu1: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
acpi_hpet0: <high precision="" event="" timer="">iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 900
pcib0: <acpi host-pci="" bridge="">port 0xcf8-0xcff iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff,0x7f000000-0xffffffff on acpi0
pci0: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib0
pcib1: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 4.0 on pci0
pci1: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib1
re0: <realtek 8111="" 8168="" b="" c="" cp="" d="" dp="" e="" f="" pcie="" gigabit="" ethernet="">port 0x1000-0x10ff mem 0xfe600000-0xfe600fff,0xfe500000-0xfe503fff at device 0.0 on pci1
re0: Using 1 MSI-X message
re0: ASPM disabled
re0: Chip rev. 0x2c000000
re0: MAC rev. 0x00000000
miibus0: <mii bus="">on re0
rgephy0: <rtl8169s 8110s="" 8211b="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus0
rgephy0:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-master, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow
re0: [ITHREAD]
pcib2: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 5.0 on pci0
pci2: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib2
re1: <realtek 8111="" 8168="" b="" c="" cp="" d="" dp="" e="" f="" pcie="" gigabit="" ethernet="">port 0x2000-0x20ff mem 0xfe800000-0xfe800fff,0xfe700000-0xfe703fff at device 0.0 on pci2
re1: Using 1 MSI-X message
re1: ASPM disabled
re1: Chip rev. 0x2c000000
re1: MAC rev. 0x00000000
miibus1: <mii bus="">on re1
rgephy1: <rtl8169s 8110s="" 8211b="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus1
rgephy1:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-master, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow
re1: [ITHREAD]
pcib3: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 6.0 on pci0
pci3: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib3
re2: <realtek 8111="" 8168="" b="" c="" cp="" d="" dp="" e="" f="" pcie="" gigabit="" ethernet="">port 0x3000-0x30ff mem 0xfea00000-0xfea00fff,0xfe900000-0xfe903fff at device 0.0 on pci3
re2: Using 1 MSI-X message
re2: ASPM disabled
re2: Chip rev. 0x2c000000
re2: MAC rev. 0x00000000
miibus2: <mii bus="">on re2
rgephy2: <rtl8169s 8110s="" 8211b="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus2
rgephy2:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-master, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow
re2: [ITHREAD]
atapci0: <ati 800="" ixp700="" sata300="" controller="">port 0x4020-0x4027,0x4040-0x4043,0x4028-0x402f,0x4044-0x4047,0x4000-0x400f mem 0xfeb08000-0xfeb083ff at device 17.0 on pci0
atapci0: [ITHREAD]
atapci0: AHCI v1.20 controller with 4 6Gbps ports, PM supported
ata2: <ata channel="">at channel 0 on atapci0
ata2: [ITHREAD]
ata3: <ata channel="">at channel 1 on atapci0
ata3: [ITHREAD]
ata4: <ata channel="">at channel 2 on atapci0
ata4: [ITHREAD]
ata5: <ata channel="">at channel 3 on atapci0
ata5: [ITHREAD]
ohci0: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">mem 0xfeb04000-0xfeb04fff at device 18.0 on pci0
ohci0: [ITHREAD]
usbus0: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">on ohci0
ehci0: <ehci (generic)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0xfeb08400-0xfeb084ff at device 18.2 on pci0
ehci0: [ITHREAD]
usbus1: EHCI version 1.0
usbus1: <ehci (generic)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">on ehci0
ohci1: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">mem 0xfeb05000-0xfeb05fff at device 19.0 on pci0
ohci1: [ITHREAD]
usbus2: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">on ohci1
ehci1: <ehci (generic)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0xfeb08500-0xfeb085ff at device 19.2 on pci0
ehci1: [ITHREAD]
usbus3: EHCI version 1.0
usbus3: <ehci (generic)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">on ehci1
pci0: <serial bus,="" smbus="">at device 20.0 (no driver attached)
atapci1: <ati 800="" ixp700="" udma133="" controller="">port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x4010-0x401f at device 20.1 on pci0
ata0: <ata channel="">at channel 0 on atapci1
ata0: [ITHREAD]
ata1: <ata channel="">at channel 1 on atapci1
ata1: [ITHREAD]
isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">at device 20.3 on pci0
isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0
pcib4: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 20.4 on pci0
pci0: couldn't attach pci bus
device_attach: pcib4 attach returned 6
ohci2: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">mem 0xfeb06000-0xfeb06fff at device 20.5 on pci0
ohci2: [ITHREAD]
usbus4: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">on ohci2
pcib5: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 21.0 on pci0
pci4: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib5
ohci3: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">mem 0xfeb07000-0xfeb07fff at device 22.0 on pci0
ohci3: [ITHREAD]
usbus5: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">on ohci3
ehci2: <ehci (generic)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0xfeb08600-0xfeb086ff at device 22.2 on pci0
ehci2: [ITHREAD]
usbus6: EHCI version 1.0
usbus6: <ehci (generic)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">on ehci2
acpi_button0: <power button="">on acpi0
atrtc0: <at realtime="" clock="">port 0x70-0x71 irq 8 on acpi0
orm0: <isa option="" rom="">at iomem 0xee800-0xeffff on isa0
atkbdc0: <keyboard controller="" (i8042)="">at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <at keyboard="">irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd: unable to get the current command byte value.
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
psm0: unable to get the current command byte value.
ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
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]
acpi_throttle0: <acpi cpu="" throttling="">on cpu0
RTC BIOS diagnostic error ff <clock_battery,rom_cksum,config_unit,memory_size,fixed_disk,invalid_time>Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
usbus2: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus3: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
usbus4: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus5: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus6: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
Root mount waiting for: usbus6 usbus5 usbus4 usbus3 usbus2 usbus1 usbus0
ugen0.1: <ati>at usbus0
uhub0: <ati 1="" 9="" ohci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
ugen2.1: <ati>at usbus2
ugen1.1: <ati>at usbus1
uhub1: <ati 1="" 9="" ohci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus2
uhub2: <ati 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus1
ugen3.1: <ati>at usbus3
uhub3: <ati 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus3
ugen5.1: <ati>at usbus5
ugen4.1: <ati>at usbus4
uhub4: <ati 1="" 9="" ohci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus5
uhub5: <ati 1="" 9="" ohci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus4
ugen6.1: <ati>at usbus6
uhub6: <ati 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus6
uhub5: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub0: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered
uhub1: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered
uhub4: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
Root mount waiting for: usbus6 usbus3 usbus1
uhub6: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
uhub2: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered
uhub3: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered
ugen6.2: <generic>at usbus6
umass0: <generic 0="" 2="" flash="" card="" readerwriter,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.01="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus6
umass0:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x4001
umass0:0:0:-1: Attached to scbus0
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfsense0
ROOT MOUNT ERROR:
If you have invalid mount options, reboot, and first try the following from
the loader prompt:

     set vfs.root.mountfrom.options=rw

and then remove invalid mount options from /etc/fstab.

Loader variables:
vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ufs/pfsense0
vfs.root.mountfrom.options=ro,sync,noatimeda0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0

da0:
 <multiple card ="" reader="" 1.00="">Removable Direct Access SCSI-4 device
Manual root filesystem specification:
da0: 40.000MB/s transfers  <fstype>:<device>Mount <device>using filesystem <fstype>eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a
da0: 7639MB (15644672 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 973C)
                       eg. cd9660:/dev/acd0
                       This is equivalent to: mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0 /

  ?                  List valid disk boot devices
  <empty line="">Abort manual input

mountroot></empty></fstype></device></device></fstype></multiple></generic></generic></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></clock_battery,rom_cksum,config_unit,memory_size,fixed_disk,invalid_time></acpi></at></keyboard></isa></at></power></ehci></ehci></ohci></ohci></acpi></acpi></ohci></ohci></acpi></isa></pci-isa></ata></ata></ati></serial></ehci></ehci></ohci></ohci></ehci></ehci></ohci></ohci></ata></ata></ata></ata></ati></rtl8169s></mii></realtek></acpi></acpi></rtl8169s></mii></realtek></acpi></acpi></rtl8169s></mii></realtek></acpi></acpi></acpi></acpi></high></acpi></acpi></core></software></version></core ></lahf,cmp,svm,extapic,cr8,abm,sse4a,mas,prefetch,ibs,skinit,wdt></syscall,nx,mmx+,ffxsr,page1gb,rdtscp,lm></sse3,mon,ssse3,cx16,popcnt></fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,htt>

          When I go into the serial terminal's loader prompt, I cannot change directory to /etc/fstab, to remove invalid mount options, with the usual command $ cd.
          I tried the serial terminal's loader prompt command $ lsdev, which gave the result:

          
lsdev
cd devices:
disk devices:
    disk0:   BIOS drive C:
      disk0s3: FFS  bad disklabel
pxe devices:
zfs devices:
OK
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            eiger3970
            last edited by

            Ok, finally working.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Nice!  :D
              So it looks like PC-Engines included some reverse polarity protection.  ;)

              So you're fully booted into pfSense Nano?

              I would conclude then that your null-modem cable is not wired for hardware flow control and that the serail console code in coreboot requires that. Once booting pfSense you can use software flow control which requires only three wires.

              Steve

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                eiger3970
                last edited by

                Yes, good that PC-Engines built that in.

                Not fully booted yet, just able to see the configuration requests.

                Next problem has appeared though:
                Enter the WAN interface name of 'a' for auto-detection: a > I connected the WAN Ethernet cable to re0 > re0: link stat changed to UP > Enter > No link-up detected.

                Not sure why the auto-detection is saying 'No link-up detected.' as the re0 changes state from link DOWN to UP?

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Just enter re0 manually. I personally never use the auto detection.

                  Steve

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                  • JeGrJ
                    JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator
                    last edited by

                    The auto detection only works if you have it unplugged prior to using a for auto detect and then plugging it in afterwards. If you already know the ports name there's no need for auto.

                    Don't forget to upvote 👍 those who kindly offered their time and brainpower to help you!

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                      eiger3970
                      last edited by

                      Yes, I ended up manually entering the interface.

                      No, I did have the Ethernet cable unplugged from the interface > then typed 'a' for auto detection > Enter > then plugged the Ethernet cable into the interface, but same error, so there's a software issue there somewhere.

                      Anyways, it's running now, so need to rebuild pfSense from scratch again.
                      Thanks for all the help.

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                        eSpezi
                        last edited by

                        Hi Eiger,

                        may I suggest some steps to you, that I've found out to working (at least for me) installing pfSense to the apu (did it on 4 apus now):

                        1. Do not use nano, but use pfSense-memstick-serial-2.1.3-RELEASE-amd64.img.gz instead
                        Unpack it and burn the .img to a usb-stick like you did with the nano .img to the sd-card
                        2. Plug-in sd-card, usb-stick, boot from usb and do a new install to the sd-card (select the option serial console!)
                        3. when finsished installing and having access to the webinterface go to System: Advanced: Admin Access -> Serial Communications -> Serial Speed and set it to 115200
                        4. Set your putty to 115200 8/N/1 (no flow control) and reboot
                        Now you can see all of the boot process BIOS and pfSense in putty and don't have to switch between baud rates.
                        The full installation seems to be the best bet at the moment according to the posts here. I also had no issues with any of my apus till now, runnung since several weeks.

                        Good luck!
                        Harry

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          If you're running from flash media, like an SD card, you should be running Nano to prevent excessive writes.

                          Steve

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                            eiger3970
                            last edited by

                            So, final step I think?
                            Wi-Fi chip arrived with pigtails and antenna.
                            I can't find a slot for the Wi-Fi chip to insert into the APU MOBO?
                            Any suggestions?

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              What wifi card do you have?
                              The APU has only PCIe slots or USB for expansion options.

                              Steve

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                                eiger3970
                                last edited by

                                This is my APU.
                                This is my Wi-Fi card.

                                From what I read, the APU has 2 x miniPC express slots, but I can't find them to connect the Wi-Fi card into?

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                                • GruensFroeschliG
                                  GruensFroeschli
                                  last edited by

                                  That is a half-sized card.
                                  The slots on the board are designed for full-sized cards.
                                  You need a full-sized card like this one: http://pcengines.ch/wle200nx.htm

                                  We do what we must, because we can.

                                  Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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                                    eiger3970
                                    last edited by

                                    Ok, thanks.
                                    I still don't see where the card will plug into the APU board though?

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                                    • GruensFroeschliG
                                      GruensFroeschli
                                      last edited by

                                      here:

                                      edit: better example:
                                      https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=59555.msg405522#msg405522
                                      Linked an image of my board with
                                      left to right:
                                      WLAN card
                                      Dual Gbit card
                                      The last card with the same formfactor is the SSD.
                                      Physically and electrically the same connector, but a different protocol (SATA instead of PCIe).

                                      We do what we must, because we can.

                                      Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        You can get an adapter to fit a half size card:
                                        http://www.mini-box.com/Mini-PCI-E-Half-to-Full-Size-Extension-Card-Wireless-WIFI-PCI-Adapter-Bracket?sc=8&category=1363

                                        However more importantly I'm not sure that card will work with pfSense. It might be supported by the iwn driver in 2.2 (it's not mentioned explicitly in the driver).

                                        Steve

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                                          eiger3970
                                          last edited by

                                          Thank you.
                                          The Wi-Fi card fits in the APU slots. (I connected to the left slot).
                                          I then went to pfSense GUI > Interfaces > (assign) > Wireless > Add > Parent interface: no option to choose > Mode: Access Point > Description: Wi-Fi > Save > error: The following input errors were detected: The field 'Parent interface' is required.

                                          I'm guessing the Wi-Fi card is compatible with pfSense.
                                          Not sure why pfSense hasn't found the card yet?

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                            last edited by

                                            I assume you're running 2.1.3? Probably there's no driver for it.

                                            Try running 'pciconf -lv' at the command line and see if it appears there.

                                            Steve

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