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    • GertjanG
      Gertjan
      last edited by

      @firefox:

      The installation identifies only one network card
      One card is on the motherboard
      And a second card is attached to the slot on the motherboard
      The installation identifies the external card (rl0)
      The internal card works

      :o
      Great !
      The installation identifies the external card - as we saw the Reaktek (beurk) card.
      Added to that : The internal (other !) card works !

      Syntax error ….....

      edit : why the image ? Check the dmesg log first yourself and check if FreeBSD recognizes the other card as it did with the realteak card.
      If not .... well ....

      No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
      Edit : and where are the logs ??

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        firefox
        last edited by

        Great !
        The installation identifies the external card - as we saw the Reaktek (beurk) card.
        Added to that : The internal (other !) card works !

        Syntax error ….....

        What do you mean Syntax error ?
        The installation identifies the external card
        But nothing is attached to it (A network cable is not connected to it)

        The installation does not recognize the internal card
        But it works properly (there is internet access through this card - I checked with an operating system installed on another hard disk)

        Hope this is clearer

        why the image ?

        See what I see Maybe it will help

        Check the dmesg log first yourself and check if FreeBSD recognizes the other card as it did with the realteak card.
        If not …. well ....

        how do i do that ?
        where can i find that file ?

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        • F
          firefox
          last edited by

          how can i make this work ?

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          • F
            firefox
            last edited by

            pfsense 2.4.0 not detecting on board NIC

            The installation detecting only one network card

            One NIC is on the motherboard

            And a second NIC is attached to the slot on the motherboard

            The installation identifies the external NIC (rl0)

            both NIC work in windows or linux

            how do i make this work

            there is a post in General Questions forum
            https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=138268.0

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            • ?
              Guest
              last edited by

              how can i make this work ?

              At first it´ll be nice for us all to know exactly as you can provide us with it, the following numbers;
              Vendor/model/model number of any inserted NIC. If they are well known supported we must search on what
              is to do or plain going on, but if this card will be not supported we all doing guess work then with any chance
              to get it working. Please tell us first the vendor, model and model number of this cards, as an example;
              Intel i210 & i354

              • Intel (Vendor)
              • ixxx (i series or model)
              • 21x or 35x (model numbers)
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              • ?
                Guest
                last edited by

                pfsense 2.4.0 not detecting on board NIC

                Again, would you please so friendly and tell us first what card is soldered on the mainboard,
                likes Intel i210 or Intel i354. How more information you are providing us, how more or fast
                help you will be able to get out of the forum.

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                  firefox
                  last edited by

                  Thanks

                  this is the NIC
                  broadcom netlink ™ gigabit ethernet
                  I think it belongs to this network card
                  intel (r) 82566dm gigabit network connection

                  I've included a screenshot of the Device Manager window

                  nic.png
                  nic.png_thumb

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                    firefox
                    last edited by

                    Thanks

                    this is the NIC
                    broadcom netlink ™ gigabit ethernet
                    I think it belongs to this network card
                    intel (r) 82566dm gigabit network connection

                    I've included a screenshot of the Device Manager window

                    nic.png
                    nic.png_thumb

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                    • K
                      kpa
                      last edited by

                      You have a realtek 8139 card and then an unidentified Broadcom card that has absolutely nothing to do with Intel cards. We really need to see the output of 'pciconf -lv' from the system to identify the card correctly.

                      (I took the liberty to report this thread for merging with your other thread in General, multiposting is discouraged here).

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                        firefox
                        last edited by

                        We really need to see the output of 'pciconf -lv' from the system to identify the card correctly.

                        I will upload the computer with a Linux boot disk
                        There is the lshw program Hope it will give the details on this card

                        (I took the liberty to report this thread for merging with your other thread in General, multiposting is discouraged here).

                        Thanks
                        I did not know where to continue

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                          firefox
                          last edited by

                          Here 's the output of lshw

                          WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
                          ubuntu                    
                              description: Computer
                              width: 32 bits
                            *-core
                                 description: Motherboard
                                 physical id: 0
                               *-memory
                                    description: System memory
                                    physical id: 0
                                    size: 3826MiB
                               *-cpu
                                    product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.40GHz
                                    vendor: Intel Corp.
                                    physical id: 1
                                    bus info: cpu@0
                                    version: 15.6.5
                                    serial: 0000-0F65-0000-0000-0000-0000
                                    size: 1700MHz
                                    capacity: 1700MHz
                                    width: 64 bits
                                    capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx x86-64 constant_tsc pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est cid cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm cpufreq
                                    configuration: id=1
                                  *-logicalcpu:0
                                       description: Logical CPU
                                       physical id: 1.1
                                       width: 64 bits
                                       capabilities: logical
                                  *-logicalcpu:1
                                       description: Logical CPU
                                       physical id: 1.2
                                       width: 64 bits
                                       capabilities: logical
                               *-pci
                                    description: Host bridge
                                    product: 82Q963/Q965 Memory Controller Hub
                                    vendor: Intel Corporation
                                    physical id: 100
                                    bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
                                    version: 02
                                    width: 32 bits
                                    clock: 33MHz
                                    configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
                                    resources: irq:0
                                  *-display
                                       description: VGA compatible controller
                                       product: 82Q963/Q965 Integrated Graphics Controller
                                       vendor: Intel Corporation
                                       physical id: 2
                                       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
                                       version: 02
                                       width: 64 bits
                                       clock: 33MHz
                                       capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
                                       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
                                       resources: irq:42 memory:d0000000-d00fffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:30e0(size=8)
                                  *-usb:0
                                       description: USB controller
                                       product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
                                       vendor: Intel Corporation
                                       physical id: 1a
                                       bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
                                       version: 02
                                       width: 32 bits
                                       clock: 33MHz
                                       capabilities: uhci bus_master
                                       configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
                                       resources: irq:16 ioport:3000(size=32)
                                  *-usb:1
                                       description: USB controller
                                       product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
                                       vendor: Intel Corporation
                                       physical id: 1a.7
                                       bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.7
                                       version: 02
                                       width: 32 bits
                                       clock: 33MHz
                                       capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
                                       configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
                                       resources: irq:16 memory:d0504000-d05043ff
                                  *-multimedia
                                       description: Audio device
                                       product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
                                       vendor: Intel Corporation
                                       physical id: 1b
                                       bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
                                       version: 02
                                       width: 64 bits
                                       clock: 33MHz
                                       capabilities: bus_master cap_list
                                       configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
                                       resources: irq:43 memory:d0500000-d0503fff
                                  *-pci:0
                                       description: PCI bridge
                                       product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1
                                       vendor: Intel Corporation
                                       physical id: 1c
                                       bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
                                       version: 02
                                       width: 32 bits
                                       clock: 33MHz
                                       capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                                       configuration: driver=pcieport
                                       resources: irq:40 ioport:5000(size=4096) memory:d0800000-d09fffff ioport:d0a00000(size=2097152)
                                  *-pci:1
                                       description: PCI bridge
                                       product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5
                                       vendor: Intel Corporation
                                       physical id: 1c.4
                                       bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.4
                                       version: 02
                                       width: 32 bits
                                       clock: 33MHz
                                       capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                                       configuration: driver=pcieport
                                       resources: irq:41 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:d0100000-d01fffff ioport:d0600000(size=2097152)
                                   *-network
                                          description: Ethernet interface
                                          product: NetLink BCM5787 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
                                          vendor: Broadcom Corporation
                                          physical id: 0
                                          bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
                                          logical name: eth1
                                          version: 02
                                          serial: 00:1a:6b:61:40:94
                                          size: 100Mbit/s
                                          capacity: 1Gbit/s
                                          width: 64 bits
                                          clock: 33MHz
                                          capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
                                          configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.121 duplex=full firmware=sb v2.04 ip=192.168.0.65 latency=0 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
                                          resources: irq:44 memory:d0100000-d010ffff
                                  *-usb:2
                                       description: USB controller
                                       product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
                                       vendor: Intel Corporation
                                       physical id: 1d
                                       bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
                                       version: 02
                                       width: 32 bits
                                       clock: 33MHz
                                       capabilities: uhci bus_master
                                       configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
                                       resources: irq:16 ioport:3020(size=32)
                                  *-usb:3
                                       description: USB controller
                                       product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
                                       vendor: Intel Corporation
                                       physical id: 1d.1
                                       bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
                                       version: 02
                                       width: 32 bits
                                       clock: 33MHz
                                       capabilities: uhci bus_master
                                       configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
                                       resources: irq:17 ioport:3040(size=32)
                                  *-usb:4
                                       description: USB controller
                                       product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
                                       vendor: Intel Corporation
                                       physical id: 1d.2
                                       bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
                                       version: 02
                                       width: 32 bits
                                       clock: 33MHz
                                       capabilities: uhci bus_master
                                       configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
                                       resources: irq:18 ioport:3060(size=32)
                                  *-usb:5
                                       description: USB controller
                                       product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
                                       vendor: Intel Corporation
                                       physical id: 1d.7
                                       bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
                                       version: 02
                                       width: 32 bits
                                       clock: 33MHz
                                       capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
                                       configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
                                       resources: irq:16 memory:d0504400-d05047ff
                                  *-pci:2
                                       description: PCI bridge
                                       product: 82801 PCI Bridge
                                       vendor: Intel Corporation
                                       physical id: 1e
                                       bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
                                       version: f2
                                       width: 32 bits
                                       clock: 33MHz
                                       capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
                                       resources: ioport:4000(size=4096) memory:d0200000-d02fffff ioport:d0300000(size=1048576)
                                     *-network
                                          description: Ethernet interface
                                          product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
                                          vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                                          physical id: 9
                                          bus info: pci@0000:0a:09.0
                                          logical name: eth0
                                          version: 10
                                          serial: 00:0b:2b:01:d3:7f
                                          size: 10Mbit/s
                                          capacity: 100Mbit/s
                                          width: 32 bits
                                          clock: 33MHz
                                          capabilities: bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
                                          configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=32 maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
                                          resources: irq:21 ioport:4000(size=256) memory:d0200000-d02000ff memory:d0300000-d030ffff
                                  *-isa
                                       description: ISA bridge
                                       product: 82801HB/HR (ICH8/R) LPC Interface Controller
                                       vendor: Intel Corporation
                                       physical id: 1f
                                       bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
                                       version: 02
                                       width: 32 bits
                                       clock: 33MHz
                                       capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
                                       configuration: latency=0
                                  *-ide:0
                                       description: IDE interface
                                       product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) 4 port SATA Controller [IDE mode]
                                       vendor: Intel Corporation
                                       physical id: 1f.2
                                       bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
                                       version: 02
                                       width: 32 bits
                                       clock: 66MHz
                                       capabilities: ide bus_master cap_list
                                       configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
                                       resources: irq:17 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:30b0(size=16) ioport:30a0(size=16)
                                  *-serial UNCLAIMED
                                       description: SMBus
                                       product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller
                                       vendor: Intel Corporation
                                       physical id: 1f.3
                                       bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
                                       version: 02
                                       width: 32 bits
                                       clock: 33MHz
                                       configuration: latency=0
                                       resources: memory:d0504800-d05048ff ioport:3080(size=32)
                                  *-ide:1
                                       description: IDE interface
                                       product: 82801HR/HO/HH (ICH8R/DO/DH) 2 port SATA Controller [IDE mode]
                                       vendor: Intel Corporation
                                       physical id: 1f.5
                                       bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5
                                       version: 02
                                       width: 32 bits
                                       clock: 66MHz
                                       capabilities: ide bus_master cap_list
                                       configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
                                       resources: irq:18 ioport:3410(size=8) ioport:3404(size=4) ioport:3408(size=8) ioport:3400(size=4) ioport:30d0(size=16) ioport:30c0(size=16)
                          

                          *-network
                                          description: Ethernet interface
                                          product: NetLink BCM5787 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
                                          vendor: Broadcom Corporation
                                          physical id: 0
                                          bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
                                          logical name: eth1
                                          version: 02
                                          serial: 00:1a:6b:61:40:94
                                          size: 100Mbit/s
                                          capacity: 1Gbit/s
                                          width: 64 bits
                                          clock: 33MHz
                                          capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
                                          configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.121 duplex=full firmware=sb v2.04 ip=192.168.0.65 latency=0 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
                                          resources: irq:44 memory:d0100000-d010ffff

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                            kpa
                            last edited by

                            As far as I can see it should be supported by the bge(4) driver:

                            https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4&manpath=freebsd-release-ports

                            Can you boot from the pfSense install media and do this from the shell you can start instead of starting the installer:

                            
                            dmesg | grep bge
                            
                            

                            Does that produce any output and what does it say?

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                              firefox
                              last edited by

                              @kpa:

                              As far as I can see it should be supported by the bge(4) driver:

                              https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4&manpath=freebsd-release-ports

                              Can you boot from the pfSense install media and do this from the shell you can start instead of starting the installer:

                              
                              dmesg | grep bge
                              
                              

                              Does that produce any output and what does it say?

                              There is a lot of text so I took a screenshot

                              20171020_081711.jpg
                              20171020_081711.jpg_thumb

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                                kpa
                                last edited by

                                That's not good, the chip is recognized by the driver but something causes the driver initialization to fail. Can you see if there are BIOS updates for your board?

                                You can also see if this helps:

                                https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Tuning_and_Troubleshooting_Network_Cards#Broadcom_bce.284.29_Cards

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                                  firefox
                                  last edited by

                                  i have the last bios update
                                  I did a bios update two days ago  after the computer bios was in French
                                  ן download the bios from here
                                  https://support.lenovo.com/il/en/downloads/migr-66068
                                  my computer is
                                  MT-M 8808-8HF
                                  S/N: LKLWHF9

                                  is it worth a try earlier BIOS ?

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                                    firefox
                                    last edited by

                                    updating
                                    I've updated to  earlier (2jjy47usa) BIOS
                                    (The last one is 2jjy49usa)
                                    and Same problem

                                    After searching Google I came across a post in the forum of pfsense (i have no link to it)
                                    There, it is said that sometimes when an external card is connected, the internal is disconnected
                                    I disconnected the external card (that is, I removed it from the computer)
                                    And I turned on the system
                                    Indeed now pfsense recognizes the internal card bge0

                                    The message did not say how to fix this situation

                                    after using linux boot cd and windows install
                                    both NIC work together
                                    only on pfsense they dont work together

                                    i try to find a jumper on the motherboard
                                    i did not see one

                                    is there a way to make both NIC work ?

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                                    • ?
                                      Guest
                                      last edited by

                                      Indeed now pfsense recognizes the internal card bge0

                                      Go to the BIOS and enable it would be my first try.

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                                        firefox
                                        last edited by

                                        It's already enabled

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                                          kpa
                                          last edited by

                                          My guess is that the BIOS is set to automatically disable the built-in NIC in case there's an add-on card installed, that makes sort of sense in a desktop system but is nonsense on a server type system.

                                          I'd also guess that the developers of the Linux driver have found a way to enable the integrated Broadcom NIC regardless but the FreeBSD driver doesn't have the same workaround.

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                            pfSense is able to attach to the Broadcom card and it can be assigned when the Realtek card is not in the box?

                                            If that's the case then I'd throw the Realtek card away an look for something else. The rtl8139 is a truly terrible NIC.

                                            https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-src/blob/db53f09b3a68bfa850844e88c97535f277db4d71/sys/dev/rl/if_rl.c#L48

                                            Steve

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