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      A Former User @thebear
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      @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?

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        thebear @stephenw10
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        @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.

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          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

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            thebear @stephenw10
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            @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?

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              A Former User @thebear
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              @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

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                thebear @A Former User
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                @dobby_

                Could the backup file be exchanged between dev and stable?

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                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                  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

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                    thebear @stephenw10
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                    @stephenw10

                    Thanks will order a unit around black Friday.

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                      SOUK
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                      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.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        2.6 supports some i226 NICs. If it's one of the PCI IDs shown here it should work:
                        https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-src/blob/RELENG_2_6_0/sys/dev/igc/igc_hw.h#L18

                        Otherwise 2.7 snapshots have the current i226 support from FreeBSD main.

                        Steve

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                          SOUK @stephenw10
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                          @stephenw10 Thanks Steve.

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                            Darryl @stephenw10
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                            @stephenw10 I ran pciconf -l in a shell to see the device IDs. They are 0x125C which is on the list linked above.
                            I have one of these 4x Intel i226-V "fanless" PCs. 2.7.0 DEV works, but after reading this thread, it seems there is no practical path to upgrading to Plus. So I'm thinking about starting over with 2.6 if it supports my NICs, which theoretically would let me switch to the Upgrade branch for a 22.05 upgrade?
                            With 2.7.0 DEV, when I select Upgrade branch, it only offers 22.01, which would leave me "NICless", and nobody wants to be NICless before Christmas! ;-)

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                              Yes, I would try booting the 2.6 installer. You should see the igc NICs in the boot logs without needing to install to test.

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                                Darryl @stephenw10
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                                @stephenw10 I decided to give Proxmox a try and virtualize those i226 out of existence. I installed pfSense 2.6.0 in a VM, but it still wanted to upgrade to 22.01, so I did, then it offered 22.05, or 23.01 on dev. So I think there's a requirement to install 22.01 before 22.05 which is going to make trouble for people with i226 NICs on bare metal. Now on to learning all about vlans!

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                                  thebear @Darryl
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                                  @darryl insert a USB NIC and update could probably help?

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                    Mmm, you certainly can do it using a USB NIC but it's a long way to get to the final install.

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                                      SOUK @Darryl
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                                      @darryl Nickerless is one thing, but going NIC'less is a whole other ball game.

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                                        Milithor
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                                        Hi guys

                                        Completely new to PFsense as a firewall/router appliance, but wanted to start out with this as my ISP router does not provide the solutions I want and retail routers are just overpriced and generally not gigabit speed worthy.

                                        That out of the way, I bought a fanless box with I226-V NICs in them, and although I seem to read here they are supported, it seems my fresh 2.6 install does not recognize them at all and refuses to boot.

                                        I only have a USB-C to Ethernet at hand and this only pops up after it already decided to halt the system so that does not really help either.

                                        Any guide and tips you guys can give me to help and get this thing up and running?

                                        Cheers

                                        Mili

                                        P.S. if I need to make a new thread, please let me know.

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                                          thebear @Milithor
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                                          @milithor I think it’s already mentioned on the forum. Use a nightly build of 2.7.0

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