NF96FL-525-LF

JeanNo

Hi,

Any people has some expérience with this JetWay board NF96FL-525-LF

Overview

CPU
INTEL Atom Processor D510 / D525(Dual Core)
Chipset
INTEL Atom Processor D510 / D525 + ICH8M Chipset
Front Side Bus 667MHz
Memory
2 * DIMMs Sockets for un-buffered Single Channel DDR2 800/667 SDRAM up to 4 GB
Expansion Slots
1 * PCI slot
1 * MINI PCI-E
Storage
Embedded INTEL ICH8M Chipset
3 * Serial ATA2 3Gb/s connectors
1 * Ultra DMA 100 / 66 IDE connector
Audio
Realtek ALC662 6-Channel HD Audio CODEC
Ethernet LAN
Realtek RTL8111DL PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet LAN
LVDS
Onboard 18-bit single channel LVDS connector
USB
Embedded 9 * USB 2.0/1.1
Special Features
Support ACPI S3
Support CPU Smart FAN
Support Watch Dog
Rear Panel I / O
5 * USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 * PS2/KB Connector
1 * RJ-45 port
1 * COM port
1 * VGA port / 1 * DVI-D port
1 * E-SATA Port
1 * 12V DC in
3 * Audio Phone Jack
Internal I / O
2 * USB 2.0/1.1 headers for 4 USB 2.0 ports
1 * JWDB pin Power connector
CPU / NB / Chassis Fan connectors;
1 * 32-pin LVDS headers & 1 * GPIO header & 1 Parallel headers
1 * COM header ( COM1 for RS-422/485)
1 * AUDIO header
BIOS
Award 8MB DIP Flash ROM
Functional
ATM, Automation, medical Equipment, Security, Networking, POS, General Application, Gaming Machine, Transportation
Form Factor
Mini ITX Form Factor(17cmx17cm)

Regards

jnl

scooterdouglas

JNL,

I have a JNF96FL-510-LF, it has 4GB of DDR2 667Mhz memory, a Jetway Triple GIGA LAN daughter card (AD3RTLANG) and a 40GB Intel X25-V SSD drive.

So, that's four Realtek NICs, m0n0wall v1.3, pfSense v.1.2.3 and pfSense v2.0 BETA5 i386 and pfSense v2.0 BETA5 AMD64 recognise the NICs (re0..re3) and all register as Gigabit (whether I will get that or not is another question!).

The biggest problem I have at the moment is heat, whether I have the daughter card in or not, the CPU hits 70C after about 45-50 minutes and sits there, so, at the moment I have the motherboard sitting on the desk with a 120mm fan blow over the heatsink and it is hovering between 38C-41C., luckily the fan is running at 980RPM-1000RPM, so it's quiet!

I'm running pfSense v2.0 BETA5 AMD64, with HAVP, Squid and squidGuard running, so I'm not exactly pushing the limits of this little dual core Atom, but the heat issue is a concern!

There are two issues that I'm still trying to find a solution to; (1) a compatible mini-PCIe card so that I can get WiFi AP mode and (2) the heat issue.

:-\

JeanNo

Thx for your replies.

I'm call with mitxpc.com to take a good solution for the heat.

For the Wifi card i look for to Atheros Products like AR9002WB-2NG

http://www.atheros.com/media/product/product_76_file1.pdf

By

JNL

JeanNo

Hello,

I start, I buy mini-itx board NF96FL-525-LF of Jetway

With 4 Gb of memories,

Jetway's AD3RTLANG 3xGbLAN daugtherboard,

One silence fan like

The case 350 like

An HDD Sata2 like

And after Pfsense, Snort, OpenVpn, squid & squidguard and UrlBlocker …....

I thinks is beter like my poor Alix board.

@+

jnl

mrbostn

For about $20 more you can get Intel Nics
http://www.logicsupply.com/products/ad3inlang

JeanNo

Hello,

I know but i don't know if is it more compatible.

Regards

stephenw10

Intel write their own drivers and contribute them to FreeBSD. They are usually better than others.

Steve

mrbostn

Searching the forums would reveal that I (along with others currently use that item)

JeanNo

Hello,

I'm back. I am surprised by two things:

I ordered a connector in London on Tuesday and I have not yet received. :(
I ordered my NF96FL-525-LF in USA California and I received it Monday. ;D

Search error.

Back on this post.

The package arrived very well packaged and in good working condition.

I connect the power supply and configure the BIOS, in another the Power On After Fail - Restore last stat

The best way to install pfSense and create a bootable USB key with a pfSense-LiveCD-2.0-RC1 memstick-i386-20110303-1715.img.gz

Put the USB key, set the bios and follow the instructions on the site pfSense

http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,7356.0.html

Use Quick Install for newbie

And it all

After restarting in Pfsence the Board, set the Wan and Lan.

My hardware configuration.

1 Wan
1 Lan for network
1 lan for Wireless
1 Lan to DMZ

My configuration sofware

Snort - Very greedy with all the rules
Ip-Blocker - Networks blocking 49190 ip's
Openvpn
Avahi - Network Discovery
DHCP Server
Dynamic DNS client
And more ….

Heat with this configuration does not exceed 57 °.
The fan does not really make much noise.

If you have any questions I am at your disposal.

Does this option work?
Should pfSense reboot after activating it?

**Serial Terminal
This will enable the first serial port with 9600/8/N/1

Note: This will redirect the console output and messages to the serial port. You can still access the console menu from the internal video card/keyboard. A null modem serial cable or adapter is required to use the serial console**

JN

PS:I very happy for the moment and I'll be able to put my Alix in the drawer

scooterdouglas

JNL,

Just a couple of questions; (1) which fan did you get? The picture looks like a Noiseblocker? (2) have you gotten a Wifi card for the mini-PICe slot?

Good to know the temperature is OK for you.

;)

JeanNo

Hello,

This picture is fault. I use only the fan into the box. But i changed the default fan by the Ultra Silent 40mm NoiseBlocker BlackSilent Case Fan
I use outside Wireless. Atheros as an new shipset but i don't see where i can buy it. But i anderstand the Pfsense doesn't support 802.11n.

http://www.atheros.com/technology/technology.php?nav1=47&product=90

Solution Highlights
Single-chip, 802.11n-certified WLAN solution with PCIe interface
Support for 3-stream 11n MIMO
Conserves power with 1x1 downshift using Dynamic MIMO Power Save
Enables PHY rates of up to 450 Mbps
Support for Enterprise WLAN features:
Aggregation of 90-byte packets with AES encryption, no minimum AMPDU start
4.9 GHz and 5/10 MHz bandwidth channels for 11j
Fast Channel Switch (1 ms within band and 2 ms across bands)
Temperature compensation for low power transmission
8-bit resolution for Spectral Analysis
Loopback mode for FIPS certification
TDOA-based distance measurement and locationing

Regards

JN

lifespeed

There seems to be a dearth of information regarding the popular atom motherboards and the interface bandwidth to the LAN chipset. What good will 4X 1Gb ports do you if the bus can't handle peak traffic? I admit that is a worst case, but it is a consideration.

What is the interface to the Jetway LAN daughtercard? Where can one get an atom motherboard with x4 PCIe lanes? Is there such an animal, or is AMD fusion the only option?

JeanNo

Hello,

My Actual config with this board.

jn

Bye

calijoe

Sorry for the late reply to this old topic, but I have this board and for the life of me I can't install pfsense.

If I do boot from usb, it get's stuck at AP CPU #3 Launched!…, I've tried the different boot methods and can't get it to work. Are there bios settings I need to change specific to this board? Thanks a bunch and sorry for the noobness.

calijoe

Ok, so I stubbornly wanted to make this work, and did! SO in case anyone else is struggling with the same board…

I had to install from a SATA dvd-rom drive, the USB would just not work with this board for some reason. Once installed, then if you have 4 nics (1 onboard, plus daughterboard w/ 3) then you also need to disable the parallel port on the integrated peripherals setting in the BIOS.

If you don't, this gives you an irq 7 interrupt broadcast storm error when plugging into re3 (nic 3). Once I did that, I finally got this to work!

JeanNo

Hello,

I do not spécial action for install Pfsense on this board, I can boot on USB Key for update or to put new version on Pfsense. All Works, USB, SATA, Network.

All the USB key is not bootable.

Right for IQ7.

For other possible problème see http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,34118.msg176918.html#msg176918

Regards

JN