Intel 82574L GbE LAN & MSI IM-945GSE-A

wreck

Thanks for the help with the case. The Casetronic you've linked is pretty much the perfect fit for this board in terms of scalability and cost. If only it were rackmount…nothing the mod squad can't fix. ;D

arcticslayer

This hardware looks interesting for my first pfsense box (I've been using m0n0wall so far). I'd like to put a slimline DVD reader in it and run pfsense live with settings on a CF card. The reason for running live is to reduce sound from a hard disk, but I guess I could use an SSD drive for that.

A question regarding that Travla case:
It seems no CF card reader is included with the case, what kind of reader would you recommend together with this motherboard?

By the way, running pfsense live - is it a good idea?

cheesyboofs

How about one made just for the case;
http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=10410 :D

Or use a USB pen and run embeded;
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,9845.msg55513.html#msg55513
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,10214.msg57614.html#msg57614

Or a micro drive (its a real hard drive just in a compact flash box ;) )
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,11016.msg61193.html#msg61193

iced98lx

Just as a heads up Logic Supply FINALLY has these boards back in stock (I just ordered 2 more) for those in the US:

http://www.logicsupply.com/products/ms_9830

I snagged a couple of those with 2gb RAM and this case: http://www.logicsupply.com/products/m360 for ~$270 shipped each.

They also have a dual core atom board from MSI that uses the Realtek RTL8111C Gigabit chipsets (Should be supported in 1.2.2 if i read right but don't hold me to it) if you'd rather:
http://www.logicsupply.com/products/ms_9832

I think the dual intel LAN cements this board as a great platform.. will do some power testing soon here and get that up as well..

iced98lx

Anyone have any kind of CPU Temp monitoring available for this board?? I'm on 1.2.3 and saw this: http://wiki.freebsd.org/AsusEee didn't know if waaay down at the bottom the temp utility could work with any ATOM proc or if it was chipset based… It's the only thing I really wish I could get with this..

forum

hi my board wont work ? i have download the pfSense-1.2.3-20090422-0357.iso.gz extract and burn. but when i comes to sio:2 type 16550A it stop and hangs what can the problem be ?

grandrivers

try reducing the number serial port in the bios i also selected to only use 4 usb ports

forum

ok i was trying to do this. but in my hurry i did a mistake and closed all of my usb ports. does any one know how to put them on again ?

grandrivers

cant see it in the manual try pulling battery and kill the power for awhile

forum

thank you ;D now its working again. saw wich one should i turn off ? does you now it ? i got it is now working fine besides from one thing it will only resgoncie three of my four intel nic idon,t now why. It finds the last one too but with a mac adress 0

forum

on install what type of kernel did you use ? the atom only has one prossecor and no extra kernels is it the uniprossecor i should use ?