Watchguard XTM 5 Series
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I have flashed pfsense 2.3.4 to a CF card, it boots and i can access the BIOS, but when PFsense boots there is no text on the screen. Does anyone have an image they could send me with pfsense and interfaces already setup?
I think you use the VGA version instead of the Serial version.
You need to use this version :
https://nyifiles.pfsense.org/mirror/downloads/pfSense-CE-2.3.4-RELEASE-4g-amd64-nanobsd.img.gzI presume you unzipped the .gz file and used Win32 Disk Imager for placing the .IMG on your CF card ?
Grtz
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Thanks for the pointer. That worked. I was also using 32 version before. I was hoping someone could send me an image of their setup with things such as lcdproc and stuff already setup so I don't have to tinker with it myself :)
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Tinkering is half the fun! ;)
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Tinkering is half the fun! ;)
Do you know which settings should be used to get LCDproc package working in pfsense 2.3.4? Is Lcdproc working with XTM5? thanks
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Yes it works. Just choose the SDEC driver. Most of the other settings there are hard coded anyway.
Steve
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Yes it works. Just choose the SDEC driver. Most of the other settings there are hard coded anyway.
Steve
I have selected this setting and also selected start on boot, but i can't seem to get lcdproc service to start. When I go to Status>services and try to manually start LCDpro c it refuses to start. Do you have any ideas?
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Did you choose some screens for it to display on the second tab?
Steve
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I'm sure you could use a hardware controller. Personally I would just get some quieter fans if you need it.
Steve
I ordered three of these and am going to nix the case fan entirely. My wife just wants it to be quieter in our office. :X
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000LB0M8S/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1I tried out some fans on my XTM 520 and found that they run slower and moved lesser air. I this OK?
Here is the fan: https://www.komplett.no/product/770799/datautstyr/pc-komponenter/vifterkjoelingvannkjoeling/vifter/noctua-nf-a4x10-flx-40mm-vifte# -
The original fans are 20mm tick and you replaced them with 10mm tick fans.
The thinner the fans are, the less air they move, so that behaviour is normal.ps: i prefer to use Sunon fans, because these are very reliable and silent.
Grtz
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Interesting. I doubt the serial is stored in the BIOS ROM. It may be checking the BIOS hash output perhaps.
Which BIOS did you test? The initial mod I made was only to change the user level to allow access. Hard to believe that would have had much effect there. Though at that time the editor program available to me produced corrupted images quite often. Hmm looking back though I'm not sure I ever uploaded that image anywhere…
Steve
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Well, it's possible. But that would mean an individual BIOS image for each box which seems unlikely.
If that is that case I suspect that the bios editior is overwriting some custom part of the image it doesn't know about. I'm not sure there's anything we can do about that.
Steve
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Hi there, I just got my hands on a XTM 5 and wanted to play with pfSense, Strangely it has a newer BIOS Version WD0 from 04/26/2010. I found no info about that. Since I wanted to upgrade the Processor and enable Speedstep to reduce Power consumption, the BIOS mod surely will not work for my Device or can I simply downgrade the BIOS to the mod'ed Version?
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Hi, Any support for Watchguard XTM 5 series XTM 535? I know XTM 530 is supported, but cannot find any information on XTM 535. Picked up a XTM 535 for $100 and want to wipe watch guard OS and install pfsense.
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As far as I know the 535 is just a spec update over the older models. Faster CPU, more ram perhaps but the board is the same.
The install procedure is identical. https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/PfSense_on_Watchguard_Firebox#Installing_pfSense_5
What have you tried? What happened? What di you expect to happen?
Steve
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The BIOS mod surely will not work for my Device or can I simply downgrade the BIOS to the mod'ed Version?
The modified BIOS will probably run fine on your box though you may have a different ROM size which gives you a hard time getting it installed.
You should definitely backup your existing BIOS first and be prepared to recover somehow if there's a problem.
I never got speedstep to work in any useful way on my box even after enabling everything. The driver reports it's enabled but not recognised. You may have more luck with other CPUs.
Anyone have speedstep working as expected?
Steve
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Looks like I have to buy a SOIC8 Clip then :) Did you use the Celeron 440 while testing for SpeedStep? Regarding to Intel ARK, it has no SpeedSpeed capability. I have a Pentium E5800 lying around which does support it. WIll test further after the Clip arrived and I've done a Backup of the BIOS ROM.
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Alright, I just found out about the SPI header and dumped the ROM with a Arduino and level shifter (see attachment).
Can somebody please confirm that this is a successful dump or even mod the Version? I'm not skilled enough.
BTW: Pentium E5800 + 4 GB RAM working fine in my Box.
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Hi !
I don't know if this is a pfsense or XTM5 problem but I'll give it a try.
I have two XTM5 (510 and 525) with original BIOS and hardware except for hard drives that I have installed latest pfsense 2.3.4-p1 on. I have never used pfsense before so I installed it on these firewalls to see if it works. No changes are made on the config after first boot.
The problem is that after a couple of days both of the firewalls stops routing all traffic. Cant reach them from webgui and cant connect to internet at all anymore.
The only solution I've found is to pull the plug. After that it works for a couple of days again.I read an old thread regarding a bug when using multicore cpu so I tried that fix by disabling all but one core but that didn't help.
Anyone have an idea regarding what might be the problem?
Kind regards
Stellan
