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    Upgrade from 2.4.4-p3 to 2.5

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • JeGrJ
      JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator
      last edited by

      Right! Let's repeat:

      Version 2.5 is still in snapshot state. No Beta, no ReleaseCandidate!

      Don't forget to upvote ๐Ÿ‘ those who kindly offered their time and brainpower to help you!

      If you're interested, I'm available to discuss details of German-speaking paid support (for companies) if needed.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        But thanks for testing! ๐Ÿ˜‰

        Steve

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        • ?
          A Former User
          last edited by

          So far rock stable and no problems om my hp server i am using it on

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          • ?
            A Former User
            last edited by

            I have a multicore cpu 6 core 12 thread cpu and from what i see is version 2.5 is utilizing the cores better than 2.4.4-p3 .And still no problems

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            • NollipfSenseN
              NollipfSense
              last edited by

              The development team should get on the ball and release pfSense 2.5...some folks, such as I and others (OP), had already prepared for it with newer equipment then got the disappointed news that pfSense 2.5 won't require AES-in.

              pfSense+ 23.09 Lenovo Thinkcentre M93P SFF Quadcore i7 dual Raid-ZFS 128GB-SSD 32GB-RAM PCI-Intel i350-t4 NIC, -Intel QAT 8950.
              pfSense+ 23.09 VM-Proxmox, Dell Precision Xeon-W2155 Nvme 500GB-ZFS 128GB-RAM PCIe-Intel i350-t4, Intel QAT-8950, P-cloud.

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              • ?
                A Former User
                last edited by

                Yes i upgraded also to new hardware and with the announcement I was not to happy because my hardware is ready for AES

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                • N
                  netblues
                  last edited by

                  Why is the requirement of aes-ni so significant fails me.
                  AES hardware crypto offload is supported for quite some time now. Making it an absolute requirement certainly won't make any difference to the folks that already have aes-ni capable hardware.

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                  • NollipfSenseN
                    NollipfSense @netblues
                    last edited by

                    @netblues said in Upgrade from 2.4.4-p3 to 2.5:

                    Why is the requirement of aes-ni so significant fails me.
                    AES hardware crypto offload is supported for quite some time now. Making it an absolute requirement certainly won't make any difference to the folks that already have aes-ni capable hardware.

                    That's true; however, for over a year and a half the requirement to upgrade to pfSense 2.5 was AES-in...so, folks who wanted to continue growing with pfSense and didn't already had hardware capable for that requirement needed to get new/old hardware to meet pfSense 2.5.

                    pfSense+ 23.09 Lenovo Thinkcentre M93P SFF Quadcore i7 dual Raid-ZFS 128GB-SSD 32GB-RAM PCI-Intel i350-t4 NIC, -Intel QAT 8950.
                    pfSense+ 23.09 VM-Proxmox, Dell Precision Xeon-W2155 Nvme 500GB-ZFS 128GB-RAM PCIe-Intel i350-t4, Intel QAT-8950, P-cloud.

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                      netblues @NollipfSense
                      last edited by

                      @NollipfSense And it was good they did. They benefit from much better vpn encryption performance.
                      The fact that dropping support for non aes-ni capable hardware could make the community smaller jeopardizing the longlivity and future of pf, is a far bigger problem.

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                      • NollipfSenseN
                        NollipfSense @netblues
                        last edited by

                        @netblues said in Upgrade from 2.4.4-p3 to 2.5:

                        @NollipfSense And it was good they did. They benefit from much better vpn encryption performance.
                        The fact that dropping support for non aes-ni capable hardware could make the community smaller jeopardizing the longlivity and future of pf, is a far bigger problem.

                        In this case, have two versions for a win win. The new folks who just spend money upgrading could quickly jump ship limiting pfSense growth potential.

                        pfSense+ 23.09 Lenovo Thinkcentre M93P SFF Quadcore i7 dual Raid-ZFS 128GB-SSD 32GB-RAM PCI-Intel i350-t4 NIC, -Intel QAT 8950.
                        pfSense+ 23.09 VM-Proxmox, Dell Precision Xeon-W2155 Nvme 500GB-ZFS 128GB-RAM PCIe-Intel i350-t4, Intel QAT-8950, P-cloud.

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