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    Gigabyte H170N WiFi LGA1151 DDR4 mITX (Dual Intel GbE LAN)

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      Tantamount
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      @Tantamount:

      A solution then is to recompile the kernel with a config that disables the em that comes with it so that we can load the module, or, perhaps, replace the em code in the kernel from that from Intel and have it included in the kernel.

      Okay, I can confirm this works.

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        Love.IT.Again
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        I just want to know the power consumption of this set-up or similar Skylake mini-ITX built?  Thanks.

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          hardsense
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          Hi,

          Same mobo with i3-6100 + 8G RAM + Samsung SSD + Intel NIC on PCIe + 2x 120mm fan on pfsense 2.2.6

          40w ~ idle
          50w~54w-55w on my use  (  router + firewall + snort with all rules turned on , on both interfaces but mind you I'm new user of pfSense , just started ).

          It's really slow to install pfSense 2.2.6 with this mobo and also little bit slow to load after install compared to my previous box with first gen core2duo E6320,4G RAM.

          weird message during install  -> /boot/kernel/kernel  text=0x1223e30  data=0x881b00+0x3576a0 syms=[0x8+0x16f050+0x8+0x16c491]

          15 min to generate -> data=0x881b00+0x3576a0
          another 15 min or so to generate  -> syms=[0x8+0x16f050+0x8+0x16c491].

          p.s sorry for my bad English and also this is my first UEFI bios mobo so I didn't touch the BIOS at all.

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            IIMacGyverII
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            Yeah it takes awhile to load the install of pfsense on this board.  Not sure why, perhaps USB drivers?  I tried the USB 2.0 and the 3.0s but it was the same loading time but I bet a sata cd-rom would work normally.

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              bolhaskutya
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              Is there a way to get the wireless card working? It doesn't appear to be recognized.

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                xman111
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                Hey guys,  just got this motherboard installed. I have a dual Intel pice card as well. when I boot up,  only the two nics on my add in card are available, nothing from the motherboard. any ideas?  everything is enabled
                in the bios.

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                  A Former User
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                  Hi all -

                  Can anyone post i3 or i5 benchmarks with this board?  I'm working on a new build to support up to 1G WAN speeds with PfBlocker and Snort, with occasional remote access VPN usage.  Any power usage stats or general experience notes with this motherboard would help too.

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                    Paint
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                    Does anyone have a FreeBSD compile environment available?

                    Can someone please compile the new Intel Network Adapter Driver v7.6.2 for amd64?  :D :D :D :D

                    https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/17509/Intel-Network-Adapter-Gigabit-Base-Driver-for-FreeBSD-

                    Thanks!

                    pfSense i5-4590
                    940/880 mbit Fiber Internet from FiOS
                    BROCADE ICX6450 48Port L3-Managed Switch w/4x 10GB ports
                    Netgear R8000 AP (DD-WRT)

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                      tucansam
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                      I have this exact motherboard with a Skylake Celeron.

                      I got the latest snapshot from here:

                      http://snapshots.pfsense.org/amd64/pfSense_RELENG_2_3/installer/?C=M;O=D

                      and the second NIC is not recognized.

                      Then I downloaded the compiled driver and followed the instructions from the first page, from the gentleman who was kind enough to post a step-by-step at the very bottom of the page.

                      Still does not work.

                      Only have one NIC recognized despite best efforts.  Both NICs are enabled in the BIOS.

                      Any other suggestions most welcome.

                      –

                      EDIT

                      I installed 2.4 from here

                      http://snapshots.pfsense.org/amd64/pfSense_master/installer/?C=M;O=D

                      on a whim.  I will say that it boot and loads tens of times faster, if not more, than 2.3.  But the second NIC still doesn't work.

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                        tucansam
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                        I am in the process of installing FreeBSD 10.3 in a VM on a spare server, hoping to be able to compile the driver myself, although its been a long time since I've done such a thing.  If that doesn't work, I guess I'll install FreeBSD 10.3 on the actual system itself that I intend to run pf on, and see if I can do it there.

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                          tucansam
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                          Well, I compiled from the source from Intel's site in a 10.3 VM, loaded it into pfsense, and get this in dmesg:

                          module_register: cannot register pci/em from kernel; already loaded from if_em.ko
                          Module pci/em failed to register: 17
                          module_register: cannot register pci/lem from kernel; already loaded from if_em.ko
                          Module pci/lem failed to register: 17

                          At this point I am at a loss and have no idea how to proceed.

                          Any advice welcome.

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                            tucansam
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                            ipfire works fine, sees both NICs.

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                              xman111
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                              I have this board with an addon quad intel nic and all ports work since 2.3

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                                tucansam
                                last edited by

                                @xman111:

                                I have this board with an addon quad intel nic and all ports work since 2.3

                                Thanks.  I have this working just fine with ipfire,  but pfsense is a no go.  I'm at a total loss as to why.

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                                  xman111
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                                  that is weird.  I know the one network card wasn't supported pre 2.3 but ever since that upgrade,  it has worked flawlessly.

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                                    tucansam
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                                    @xman111:

                                    that is weird.  I know the one network card wasn't supported pre 2.3 but ever since that upgrade,  it has worked flawlessly.

                                    Yeah, I am also posting in the other thread (sorry to the mods) and I am using the latest BIOS version for the motherboard.  No idea why pf won't work but ipfire does.

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                                      IIMacGyverII
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                                      This is weird, maybe there is a hardware rev change on your board that our older boards don't have?  My boards are still running a bios or 2 old and that may be it or a bios setting perhaps?  You could also try finding a 2.3.0 release install and try that.  Maybe the new release install is at fault as I have only been doing the dashboard updates and have not done a full install since 2.3.0.  Something must be different.

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                                        bitcore
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                                        Tucansam, have you resolved your issue? I am looking at building a similar setup and these NIC issues are troublesome as most of the skylake boards with dual NICs come with this chip as the secondary.

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                                          vlad1966
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                                          I am also considering getting this mobo.

                                          Has anyone installed pfSense on a PCIe M.2 SSD with this board.

                                          I'm looking to do this, however I'd like to install ESXi on the M.2 SSD, then install pfSense in a VM.

                                          Thanks!

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                                            ddarlington36
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                                            @vlad1966:

                                            I am also considering getting this mobo.

                                            Has anyone installed pfSense on a PCIe M.2 SSD with this board.

                                            I'm looking to do this, however I'd like to install ESXi on the M.2 SSD, then install pfSense in a VM.

                                            Thanks!

                                            given that setup I don't see why not but I have had esxi in the past and sometimes it can be very particular about NIC's or even the motherboard in somecases. I noticed if you're going to do a virtual lab  supermicro boards are supported a little better by esxi in general.

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