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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
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        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!

                  If you're interested, I'm available to discuss details of German-speaking paid support (for companies) if needed.

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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
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                                        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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                                            eiger3970
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                                            Yes, the version is 2.1.3-RELEASE (amd64)
                                            built on Thu May 01 15:52:13 EDT 2014
                                            FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p16
                                            You are on the latest version.

                                            I don't see the Wi-Fi card, but I might have missed it as I'm not quite sure what to look for.
                                            I see the re0, re1 and re2 Ethernet ports, but they don't seem to show a cable connection on re0 and re1, but perhaps the command only shows the interfaces, not more details about connections.

                                            
                                            $ pciconf -lv
                                            hostb0@pci0:0:0:0:	class=0x060000 card=0x15101022 chip=0x15101022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = HOST-PCI
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                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = PCI-PCI
                                            pcib2@pci0:0:5:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x12341022 chip=0x15131022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = PCI-PCI
                                            pcib3@pci0:0:6:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x12341022 chip=0x15141022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = PCI-PCI
                                            atapci0@pci0:0:17:0:	class=0x010601 card=0x43911002 chip=0x43911002 rev=0x40 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = mass storage
                                                subclass   = SATA
                                            ohci0@pci0:0:18:0:	class=0x0c0310 card=0x43971002 chip=0x43971002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = serial bus
                                                subclass   = USB
                                            ehci0@pci0:0:18:2:	class=0x0c0320 card=0x43961002 chip=0x43961002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = serial bus
                                                subclass   = USB
                                            ohci1@pci0:0:19:0:	class=0x0c0310 card=0x43971002 chip=0x43971002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = serial bus
                                                subclass   = USB
                                            ehci1@pci0:0:19:2:	class=0x0c0320 card=0x43961002 chip=0x43961002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = serial bus
                                                subclass   = USB
                                            none0@pci0:0:20:0:	class=0x0c0500 card=0x15101022 chip=0x43851002 rev=0x42 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = serial bus
                                                subclass   = SMBus
                                            atapci1@pci0:0:20:1:	class=0x01018a card=0x439c1002 chip=0x439c1002 rev=0x40 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = mass storage
                                                subclass   = ATA
                                            isab0@pci0:0:20:3:	class=0x060100 card=0x439d1002 chip=0x439d1002 rev=0x40 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = PCI-ISA
                                            pcib4@pci0:0:20:4:	class=0x060401 card=0x00000000 chip=0x43841002 rev=0x40 hdr=0x01
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = PCI-PCI
                                            ohci2@pci0:0:20:5:	class=0x0c0310 card=0x43991002 chip=0x43991002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = serial bus
                                                subclass   = USB
                                            pcib5@pci0:0:21:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x00001002 chip=0x43a01002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = PCI-PCI
                                            ohci3@pci0:0:22:0:	class=0x0c0310 card=0x43971002 chip=0x43971002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = serial bus
                                                subclass   = USB
                                            ehci2@pci0:0:22:2:	class=0x0c0320 card=0x43961002 chip=0x43961002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = serial bus
                                                subclass   = USB
                                            hostb1@pci0:0:24:0:	class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x17001022 rev=0x43 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = HOST-PCI
                                            hostb2@pci0:0:24:1:	class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x17011022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = HOST-PCI
                                            hostb3@pci0:0:24:2:	class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x17021022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = HOST-PCI
                                            hostb4@pci0:0:24:3:	class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x17031022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = HOST-PCI
                                            hostb5@pci0:0:24:4:	class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x17041022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = HOST-PCI
                                            hostb6@pci0:0:24:5:	class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x17181022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = HOST-PCI
                                            hostb7@pci0:0:24:6:	class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x17161022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = HOST-PCI
                                            hostb8@pci0:0:24:7:	class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x17191022 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = bridge
                                                subclass   = HOST-PCI
                                            re0@pci0:1:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x012310ec chip=0x816810ec rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = network
                                                subclass   = ethernet
                                            re1@pci0:2:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x012310ec chip=0x816810ec rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = network
                                                subclass   = ethernet
                                            re2@pci0:3:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x012310ec chip=0x816810ec rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
                                                class      = network
                                                subclass   = ethernet
                                            
                                            
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