Cannot get DHCP functioning on 2nd Interface
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After 3 weeks of trying to solve this issue, I'm about to return my hardware appliance and get a UniFi if I can't figure this out, its my last week before my return window trying to get PFsense working....
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Wait ...
You are having troubles with the 'second' network.
What happens when you make LAN this second network, and the second network LAN ?
If the issues follows the NIC, you might have a NIC that can receive but not send ?! -
I tried that a few weeks ago and it actually worked (DHCP and all). It has to be a configuration issue and I cannot figure it out for the life of me. As I said, the LAN connection works if I:
1 - Manually assign a static IP
2 - When I had a VLAN setup to this LAN and the end device, DHCP works perfectly!
3 - When I configure it as a simple LAN interface and I also tried bridging it, I cannot get it to work.Primary LAN is a i226LM, secondary is a i226V
I've also double checked the BIOS settings (it's a Minisforum MS-01.
Last thing I'm going to try to backup my config, wipe everything and try to reconfigure it from scratch.I presently only have PFsense installed (directly, no proxmod or virtualization yet) and I'm using this as a HomeLab eventually. Was dipping my hand into PFSense trying to do more control before return to a commercial solution.
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So I wiped the disk, and reinstalled from scratch, and before I did anything else, I configured the second LAN, and it worked.....I then reloaded my saved config I backed up prior to the wipe, and it was still working....
So something broke that wasn't related to my configuration and I have no idea what. So at this stage ( I had tried several attempts to reboot/reroot and lots of things, but something in the install broke basically).
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T the other referenced this topic on
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@Jedi2155 This is probably a bit late, but it might still help others out in the future:
If you have this issue, with the MS-01, it isn't your fault. It has to do the with I226-lm. It has intel Vpro on it, which for some reason messes with the DHCP leases. It's a known issue that's been around for a year or 2.
I was struggling with the same issue for a week or so until I stumbled upon an article that explained this in more detail.
On other systems you can turn off intel Vpro properly, but on the ms-01 it doesn't fix it for some reason.
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@Danyo Thank you! I got it working now generally but it doesn't work in all cases and it depends on the end device. For example the i226-LM DHCP works with my Desktop which has an Intel NIC but it doesn't work if I plug it into my laptop (which doesn't have an Intel NIC), or my LG TV. This only applies to the i226-LM as you suggested but not the i226-V.
I'm wondering what within your research suggested issues with Vpro (which when I googled) is an umbrella term for dozens of features including several VM ones which are toggleable on the MS-01 BIOS. I have moved pfsense into a proxmox container so VM features are pretty useful even I don't know what they all do (yet).
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@Jedi2155 I found several topics about it, but the main reason for it is this:
https://www.asrockind.com/en-gb/index.php?route=newsblog/faq&faq_id=91
On asrock boards they have the option to fully turn the function off, which allows DHCP leases to work once again.
edit.: it's interesting that it does work with intel devices on the other end, I have only tried my laptop and TV, and neither work, I might give my desktop a try later see if that works. Or just cave in and use that connection for the WAN side.
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@Danyo Where did you read about the Intel devices works? i have searching about everywhere to find more info about this problem.
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Its a firmware bug on that Intel port with remote management. Minisforum is aware as I have been complaining about for over a year now. You'll have to use one of the SFP+ ports. I've heard turning on KEA DHCP may fix it.
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I was able to fix it by wiping and re-installing PFsense strangely. I also might've turned off some of those remote management features in the BIOS during the wipe that was turned on before the wipe.
