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Error: PFSense cannot continue without at least one network interface card

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    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
    last edited by Sep 5, 2023, 9:39 PM

    2.7 is released now, no need to use a snapshot:
    https://www.pfsense.org/download/

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      brunorocha__ @stephenw10
      last edited by Sep 5, 2023, 9:41 PM

      @stephenw10
      Forgive me for my ignorance, but I did the installation of 2.7 and the same problem appears in the attached image of the friend cg50000. I am upset.

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by Sep 5, 2023, 9:46 PM

        What NICs does it have?

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          brunorocha__ @stephenw10
          last edited by Sep 5, 2023, 10:06 PM

          @stephenw10 04 ports I226-V.

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            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by Sep 5, 2023, 10:48 PM

            Like rev4 or it has 4 NICs?

            [root@test4.stevew.lan]/dev: pciconf -lvc igc0
            igc0@pci0:25:0:0:       class=0x020000 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x125c subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0000
                vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                device     = 'Ethernet Controller I226-V'
                class      = network
                subclass   = ethernet
                cap 01[40] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D3  current D0
                cap 05[50] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit, vector masks 
                cap 11[70] = MSI-X supports 5 messages, enabled
                             Table in map 0x1c[0x0], PBA in map 0x1c[0x2000]
                cap 10[a0] = PCI-Express 2 endpoint max data 256(512) FLR RO NS
                             max read 512
                             link x1(x1) speed 5.0(5.0) ASPM L1(L1)
                ecap 0001[100] = AER 2 0 fatal 0 non-fatal 0 corrected
                ecap 0003[140] = Serial 1 0008a2ffff12ecd4
                ecap 0018[1c0] = LTR 1
                ecap 001f[1f0] = Precision Time Measurement 1
                ecap 001e[1e0] = L1 PM Substates 1
            
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              brunorocha__ @stephenw10
              last edited by Sep 6, 2023, 11:42 AM

              @stephenw10
              I can't enter any command, because PFSENSE hangs on the same screen as the first question in this post. Is there another way I can extract this information?

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                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by Sep 6, 2023, 12:21 PM

                I would try to boot something else to confirm. Something Linux based is most likely to function.

                You could boot a FreeBSD 14 snapshot, that will allow you install even if it doesn't find any NICs.
                https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/14.0/

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                  brunorocha__ @stephenw10
                  last edited by Sep 8, 2023, 11:23 AM

                  @stephenw10

                  Hello!
                  I was able to boot PFSense (version 2.6) with a USB/LAN interface. I updated to version 2.7 and now it recognizes the I226-V ports!

                  Thank you very much for all your attention!

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                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by Sep 8, 2023, 12:28 PM

                    Nice!

                    That's odd though. The 2.7 installer did not find that NICs directly?
                    There should be no difference between and upgrade from 2.6 or a clean 2.7 install. Certainly the kernel and drivers are the same.

                    Steve

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                      brunorocha__ @stephenw10
                      last edited by Sep 8, 2023, 12:44 PM

                      @stephenw10
                      I also found it very strange, because I installed version 2.7 before and it didn't recognize it. But this morning I tried to install the 2.6 version, use the USB interface and perform the update and this way it worked. Maybe it's something about the motherboard. Can I create a new topic about this case and point out this alternative?

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                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by Sep 8, 2023, 1:03 PM

                        It seems more like a bug if that's repeatable. Though it could be something specific to that board. It's hard to see how it would be any different.

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                          brunorocha__ @stephenw10
                          last edited by Sep 8, 2023, 2:31 PM

                          @stephenw10
                          I believe it could be yes. But resolved on my part. Thanks again for all the help!

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