Is there a power off /on button on SG 2100 ?
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Hi all,
Before I purchase the SG 2100, I would like to know if there is
a physical power off/on button on that device ?As you see I normally power off the ISP router and my DLink firewall when I go to sleep. So is there a button for this purpose?
And from the pictures, I saw none.Also, I need to know if the Pfsense GUI has a shutdown button so that I can power off the SG 2100 when its bedtime.
appreciate any help & thanks
Tim -
@tim-lakinir No physical power button on the 2100. In software, the web interface under Diagnostics there is Halt System.
That will do the equivalent of "shutdown -h now"
The 2100 does not support "shutdown -p now" to actually "shutdown and power off" so you would need to have the console hooked up to see that it shutdown correctly before you physically unplug it. -
No, there is no physical power button on the 2100. Neither is there a shutdown/standby button.
Because it is ARM based it doesn't have the same standby power levels and ACPI buttons that you might find on an x86 device.
Steve
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Thanks to both of you, now to halt the system you would need a console cable.
Can a cross Cat 5 cable be used as a console cable ?Or does Netgate provide this console cable when we purchase
SG 2100 ?This is because I haven't purchase or use a SG 2100 or pfsense before.
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@tim-lakinir The Netgate 2100 console cable is Mini-USB, not RJ-45.
You can halt the system via the WebGUI, via SSH or directly via the console cable. The excellent manual explains all this.
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Yup it's mini-USB, it's supplied with the firewall and it's a standard cable. You probably already have a cable you could use.
Steve
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Many Thanks to all of you
Good to know that there is a manual where I can search for stuff -
You can also review the 2100 docs: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/netgate-2100/index.html
Steve
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@stephenw10
Thanks
