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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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        firefox
        last edited by

        how can i make this work ?

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          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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                    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
                                          last edited by

                                          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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                                            Guest
                                            last edited by

                                            "snip"```
                                            WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
                                            ubuntu                   
                                                description: Computer
                                                width: 32 bits

                                            
                                            This is under Linux (Ubuntu) and pfSense is based on FreeBSD and also could it be that this PC
                                            or pfSense box is a 32Bit version and you try out to install pfSensen version 2.4.0 that is coming
                                            only as a 64Bit version!!!
                                            
                                            Often, but not even, in the BIOS could be also set another Interrupt to many onboards NICs because
                                            tey are shared together with some PCIe slots, perhaps this might be then also the case here? Please
                                            have a look on this too.
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