pfSense on Watchguard M270
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I have taken a look and I do not see any newer developments on this M270 hardware, but the consensus does seem to be that it works at the moment.
Before I pick up one of these, do any of the current users have a photo of the mainboard? I am trying to see if this is worth picking up for cheap and seeing if I can dig into the switchconfig on another platform like linux instead of BSD, and if there is any more flexibility to be had like some of the other watchguards with internal pcie risers.
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There are no internal expansion options in the M270. Not even SATA ports.
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@stephenw10
So it is heavily cost optimized like the m200 and m300 were then...
I assume the only things on the board are some ddr4 dimm slots and the bootable msata slot?In that case i'll see if I can get one cheap enough.
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Yup, just one SODIMM slot.
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Hey just wanted to add a correction that there ARE internal expansion ports on the M270. There are two MSATA ports and 1 traditional sata port though it uses a non-traditional 4 pin connector for SATA power.
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Hmm, interesting the one I have has neither of those populated. Nor any of the additional fan headers.
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That’s very interesting, thank you for sharing yours as well! Perhaps different hardware revisions or unrealized SKU stratification?
I will add that my M270s both have identical internals and list their HW Model as TL2AE8 on the serial number sticker. Does yours list a different hardware model?
Running a Ubuntu on each of them and there no real identifying information from dmidecode around model, board information or anything else that I could see as a delineating factor, all just the “to be filled OEM” message.
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Still labelled TL2AE8. Also on the label:
277-M270-001 Rev A -
We have three TL2AE8 with one slot:
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What's actually wired to that slot? It's labelled 'mpcie' but the presence of the SIM socket on the other one and the number of lines attached make me think it's probably USB.
Is that actually an mSATA card in your pic @mellowmatt? Is it detetcted?
