OPT Interface - No Network
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Well, heres a result for you....
I just switched the interaces!
LAN to RE2 and OPt to RE1....
Ive plugged directly into what is now LAN and its working perectly. So its not a card or cable ault!
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status so far:
Opt1 working but LAN is showing N/A when it should show my LAN IP
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Ok, network is completely down.
Switch interfaces back after test, now my system doesn't boot.
Will reinstall pFsense.
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And what hardware is this running on btw?
Freebsd/Pfsense have not always had the best of luck with realtek nics on a bit of a side note ;)
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Its a custom built ATOM box - with TP-Link NIC's, up to now I have not had any issues!! the box has been in production for over a year!
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Be sure to test the other NIC when you make changes like this. Adding a new NIC with the same driver type may change the interface order.
Steve
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All 3 nics have been in the machine for quite a while, but OPT has never been used before - Now im implementing it. Ive just switched RE1 & 2 to test the card, and then switched them back - that has broken the box completely!
IM downloading pfsense now to do a clean install.
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@cj_jacksonsystems said in OPT Interface - No Network:
with TP-Link NIC's
That use the realtek driver? your nics are re0 and re1, etc. re is realtek
What are they like TG-3468 ?
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Im not entirely sure which model they are without taking the box apart.
My LAN Interface is a TP-Link and thats been fine!
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Run
pciconf -lv, check they are actually the same chip.Steve
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@stephenw10 well, right now the system wont boot!!
Its stuck in a reboot loop!
Im downloading pf now to reload.
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@stephenw10 said in OPT Interface - No Network:
pciconf -lv
re0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0xd6258086 chip=0x816810ec rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'
device = 'RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
re1@pci0:5:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x43001186 chip=0x43001186 rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'D-Link System Inc'
device = 'DGE-528T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
re2@pci0:5:8:0: class=0x020000 card=0x43001186 chip=0x43001186 rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'D-Link System Inc'
device = 'DGE-528T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter'
class = network
subclass = ethernet -
Hmm, well I'd certainly expect re1 and re2 to behave the same there then.
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OK clean install, still the same!
Ive ordered a dual Intel NIC off of ebay so will see how that goes, I've been meaning to get multiport cards anyway. Ive got loads of PCI-E cards kicking around but no PCI, otherwise I would have just swapped cards out.
Thanks for your assistance.
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I didnt get it to work, even after A Clean install.
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And it's just whichever card is configured as OPT1 does not work? Weird.
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@stephenw10 Seems that way, have ordered Intel 1000 Pro card see if that works!
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Heres the spec of my box by the way:
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It's old but should work fine. I can only think there must be some rogue configuration going on, something left in the config file from previous settings. But if that was the case the clean install should have resolved it.
The other thing is some low level conflict between the cards but I would expect that to follow the card not the assigned interface.Steve
