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      shouptech
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      There does not appear to be any other jumpers on the board. I've looked for any other J# labels as well (perhaps the pins were removed) and I don't see any.

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        dipswitch
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        Where you ever able to recover the bios password? I have the same issue, trying to get into the bios…

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          Guest
          last edited by

          You could force bypass off permanently by shorting the control pins to either ground or 1v8/3v3/5v

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            You have identical hardware?
            https://shoup.io/project-steelwall.html

            it's a little out of date these days. No need to mount RW if you're running Nano as it's always mounted RW.

            Always use /boot/loader.conf.local

            That hardware appears to be 32bit which means no 2.4.

            Steve

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              Skybw89
              last edited by

              hi

              i also interested to get the two left NICs working.

              someone been successful?

              Thanks

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                You have access to the BIOS?

                Any lan bypass or watchdog functions available there?

                Otherwise you will need to switch the relays manually by flipping the control registers. Or by changing the circuit that drives them.
                Are you up for a challenge?  ;)

                Steve

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                  Skybw89
                  last edited by

                  @stephenw10:

                  You have access to the BIOS?

                  Any lan bypass or watchdog functions available there?

                  Otherwise you will need to switch the relays manually by flipping the control registers. Or by changing the circuit that drives them.
                  Are you up for a challenge?  ;)

                  Steve

                  Unfortunately there is no option in the BIOS to activate the relays manually.

                  I read a few posts on other Websites about bridge the relays power feedpin to an Mosfet to power them from boot.

                  iam a noob in things like this. But i really want to get it working. do you have some information, maybe some pictures how i had to modify the relais circuit ?

                  here is a picture

                  thank you so far

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Ok, so to be clear there no bypass OR watchdog settings in the BIOS?

                    And there are no jumpers on the PCB? I can't make out any from your photo but it's not very high resolution.

                    You have two choices. Electrically bridge the relays by powering them from somewhere. Or, more fun IMO, try to find the GPIO that controls the relays and set it in software.

                    There will be typically two places that have GPIOs that could have been used, the ICH and the SuperIO chip. They may have used the parallel port but that's crude, unlikely for relays that are on the main board.

                    Steve

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                      Guest
                      last edited by

                      I'd go the fun route. It's way more fun.  ;D

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Yup, immensely more satisfying when (if) you get it to work.  ;D

                        Steve

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                          Skybw89
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                          I took some pictures in better  resolution

                          maybe you can see something on it

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                            Guest
                            last edited by

                            I'm afraid the real tracks are on the other side of the board. On top of that, GPIO control is done in software, so you'd have more luck poking around on the GPIO's on the shell.

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              Mmm, with no jumpers and nothing in the BIOS it's time to start poking GPIOs.

                              You might want to read this thread for some ideas how to do that: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=81292.0

                              Steve

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                                HarryH
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                                Have anyone enable this bypass ports?

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                                  Guest
                                  last edited by

                                  @HarryH:

                                  Have anyone enable this bypass ports?

                                  Poke the GPIOs and you'll know :-)

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Yup, you'll have to start poking GPIO registers. Tedious but fun when it works!

                                    I can probably offer assistance as time allows.

                                    Steve

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                                      Okijames @stephenw10
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                                      @stephenw10

                                      If you reinstall the original Steelhead code you can toggle the bypass NIC to "fail-to-block" i.e. keep both NICs up all the time. See CLI commands below. The interface name is "inpath0_0". You can do a "show run" CLI command to see all the settings and interface names.

                                      Once you set "fail-to-block", the HW seems to remember the setting (it must be flipping a hidden BIOS setting) so you can install pfsense and have the additional two NICs.

                                      Fail-to-Block CLI commands:
                                      • no interface <interface-name> fail-to-bypass enable: Sets the interface to block when there is a failure.
                                      • interface <interface-name> fail-to-bypass enable: Sets the interface to bypass when there is a failure.

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                                        pauloalb
                                        last edited by pauloalb

                                        Hello everyone,

                                        I recently got a Rivebed Steelhead 250L identical to the on the image.
                                        There is a jumper that (J20) located beside the connection between the power supply and the motherboard.
                                        Just tried it now and it resets the bios settings :( not the bypass ports.

                                        I am trying to get ESXI or PFsense or FreeNAS to work on it now.

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          So you also have ports stuck in by-pass mode? No BIOS access?

                                          Steve

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                                            pauloalb @stephenw10
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                                            @stephenw10 Thanks for the reply. Yes they are not turning on. I do have bios access ( pressing del on startup) but no option there to change any setting regarding network.

                                            Tried:
                                            Fail-to-Block CLI commands:
                                            • no interface <interface-name> fail-to-bypass enable: Sets the interface to block when there is a failure.
                                            • interface <interface-name> fail-to-bypass enable: Sets the interface to bypass when there is a failure.

                                            Curious that i hear no clicks when i execute the commands, maybe power is already applied.

                                            When running on RIOS, these commands do turn the lights off/on on the ports. After reboot and boot from pfsense on usb, the ports remain off. Pfsense detects all ports but only AUX and Primary usable.

                                            I have tried also to install ESXI / Freenas on this appliance with no success even booting.

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