Intel i226-V not recognized

red1337

@dobby_ just got my adapter which is recognised by pfsense. Thanks for your advice!
Is it possible to setup CE with a new/blank config, upgrade to plus and then restore my CE config? Or would that revert the whole box to CE?

@red1337

Is it possible to setup CE with a new/blank config,
upgrade to plus and then restore my CE config?

I can´t say something about this, I am on 22.09 Devel
and was only using my config from 22.05 to 22.09 Devel
and all was working fine.

Or would that revert the whole box to CE?

No I don´t think so, I would say your backup is not able to
be used in this case and the config backup someone other should be jumping in.

stephenw10

Yes, you can restore a CE config into Plus. No, it will not revert it to CE.

Steve

BrianH 0

I also just picked one a machine with the Intel i266 NICs and I am trying to install pfSense. Is it possible to install pfSense Plus directly and not have to upgrade from the CE version? I don't have a USB to Ethernet device to get the initial CE install setup.

stephenw10

Not yet unfortunately. We are working on it.
Can you install and upgrade on something else and then move the drive?

Steve

BrianH 0

@stephenw10 I don't have anything readily available to install and upgrade on. Do you have a timeframe of when the drivers will be available in the CE version or the direct Plus installer will be available?

stephenw10

An CE snapshot built on main should be very soon now. There are still issues we are seeing but it's certainly good enough to test the hardware.

Steve

BrianH 0

I have just installed the latest 2.7.0 CE snapshot and can confirm that the Intel i266 NICs are working.

@brianh-0

I have just installed the latest 2.7.0 CE snapshot and can confirm that the Intel i266 NICs are working.

Thank you for this information.

thebear

@stephenw10 said in Intel i226-V not recognized:

An CE snapshot built on main should be very soon now. There are still issues we are seeing but it's certainly good enough to test the hardware.

Steve

I’m sorry to ask. How do you update to a CE snapshot while the NIC is not functional? By USB, is there a compact procedure somewhere?

Thinking about buying the new 226 NIC for my router.

stephenw10

I would install it clean from snapshots: https://www.pfsense.org/snapshots/

@thebear said in Intel i226-V not recognized:

I’m sorry to ask. How do you update to a CE snapshot
while the NIC is not functional?

If you were installing version 2.6 CE with ZFS
you could try out to upgrade to 2.7 Devel, if
not or if hardware will be not fully compatible
supported either part wise or fully, like in your
case I would also tending to install fresh like
@stephenw10 said.

By USB, is there a compact procedure somewhere?

An 2.7 devel image on USB stick would be best matching.

Make a Backup of the System settings
Make a Backup of the entire system
Serial console cable in place
Download the image
Download Balena Etcher
Prepare the USB Stick
Install pfSense using the USB Stick

Thinking about buying the new 226 NIC for my router.

What NICs are in use now or actual I mean?

thebear

@stephenw10 said in Intel i226-V not recognized:

I would install it clean from snapshots: https://www.pfsense.org/snapshots/

Thanks for replying so fast, appreciated.

Currently running a Intel NUC7i3BNK with this NIC Intel Ethernet Connection I219-V.

I was thinking of installing the nightly 2.7, boot it with I226-V support. And then upgrade to pfSense plus 22.05 where the driver is also embedded. Then restoring the config when back on 22.05 the same as my current router.

stephenw10

You can't upgrade from 2.7 to 22.05 because technically that's a downgrade and that's not supported. To get to 22.05 you need to come from 2.6.

Steve

thebear

@stephenw10

Hi Steve, and with 2.6 the NIC's are not recognized. So 2.7 with a 22.05 backupfile wil fit my needs I guess?

@thebear said in Intel i226-V not recognized:

Hi Steve, and with 2.6 the NIC's are not recognized. So 2.7 with a 22.05 backupfile wil fit my needs I guess?

Version 2.6 stable >upgrade>to> 22.05 stable

Version 2.7 Developer >upgrade>to> 22.09 or 22.11 Developer

thebear

@dobby_

Could the backup file be exchanged between dev and stable?

stephenw10

You can use a backup from Stable in Dev but not the other way around. You can always import an earlier config but stable doesn't know about some of the values in the dev config file version.
I will allow you to try and you might be lucky, your config might not contain any of the new layout.

Steve

thebear

@stephenw10

Thanks will order a unit around black Friday.

SOUK

Any up to date news with regards to Intel i226-V 2.5G NIC support in any stable versions of pfSense.

I too have one of those little fanless systems arriving next week. It would be nice to know I can put pfSense on it when it arrives, other wise I might have to resort to OpnSense or OpenWRT just so i can play with it.

Id rather just install pfSense and be done if poss.