Intel Ethernet Controller I225-LM Support?

skzs012

@kuro68k works perfectly well for me with a 1Gb / s connection! However, with a 2.5Gb / s connection, you discard the network card under load

kuro68k

@skzs012 Thanks. Hopefully by the time I get a 2.5G switch, any issues will be resolved.

kuro68k

I got the card and installed it. UEFI BIOS can see it in the slot, but pfSense 2.5.2 can't. I am downloading 2.7.0 nightly to test.

I thought it should work okay in 2.5.2 but perhaps not. Or maybe it's this card.

stephenw10

Check pciconf -lv at the command line so be sure pfSense sees the card at all.
Try just upgrading to 2.6-RC rather than 2.7.

Steve

kuro68k

@stephenw10 Thanks, but the card isn't seen by anything now. Looks like maybe it was just a dud. I'll RMA it I guess.

kuro68k

I fixed it. Most common fault with most cards is bad flash memory. I removed it, re-flashed it and installed it again. Card is now recognized.

However, I have other problems for which I will start my own thread.

skzs012

@kuro68k can you help me update? Maybe I could solve my problem with a 2.5g connection by discarding the card

kuro68k

@skzs012 Do you have a Windows install you can run the update from? Otherwise you can do it from a UEFI bootable memory stick.

I would only recommend doing it if you are prepared to brick it, or have an external programmer like mine and can unsolder the chip. In my experience updating Intel NIC firmware bricks the card about 50% of the time.

skzs012

@kuro68k if you can solve UEFI without soldering then maybe you can link a firmware file?

kuro68k

@skzs012 said in Intel Ethernet Controller I225-LM Support?:

@kuro68k if you can solve UEFI without soldering then maybe you can link a firmware file?

You can get the package here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/u824k3k978jl8b9/Intel_LAN_Firmware_Update_Tool_-_Intel_I225_2.5GbE_Firmware_v1.45_v1.0.zip/file

Format a USB stick to FAT32 and copy the files on, it should boot.

skzs012

@kuro68k Thanks for trying

latimeria

hello everybody,
just made a fresh 2.6 install; motherbord Asus J3455M-E + brand new lan card QNAP QXG-2G1T-I225. Unfortunately no way to let pfsense detect the Qnap card, nothing in pciconf.
Any suggestion before the card goes on ebay for selling?
Thank you

stephenw10

The card doesn't even show as 'none' in pciconf -lv?

Does the card work in something else?

Does it appear in the BIOS/POST at all?

Steve

latimeria

@stephenw10 I'm planning to test with a live distro like NomadBSD on the same machine....they are on freebsd 13 hope it's ok; then will check all you suggested. The only thing I remember is that plugging in the wan cable from my modem made both leds on the card fix on orange so should not be an hardware failure.
Thank you

stephenw10

I would just test it in some live Linux distro first to be sure it is not a hardware conflict. But if it works in FreeBSD 13 then we can probably do something.

Steve

latimeria

No way to have the card detected both on NomadBSD or Debian 11.
Nothing in the bios post messages, but this means nothing as the HP quad port is not listed too even if it is correctly detected.
One step far from the basket .....just need to test it on another machine.

latimeria

So I finally tested the qnap card on another machine and it is detected and properly working.
Googling around I found another user who had no luck with this card on an Asus J serie mobo with Celeron CPU, so I can only think about some kind of conflict or incompatibility.
Just my two cents to avoid someone else to loose time.