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      matrocs
      last edited by

      Hello.

      I'm installing my first pfSense 1.2.3 in a Dell PowerEdge 310 with an Intel Quad Port PCIe card.
      The problem is that when booting, pfSense is not able to detected this Intel Quad Port card.

      I have read a similar topic http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,26592.msg140323.html#msg140323 but following these steps I always have the same error:

      link_elf : symbol SYSCTL_ADD_QUAD undefined
      kldload: can't load if_igb.ko: No such file or directory

      Any idea?

      Thanks

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        skear
        last edited by

        I believe pfsense 1.2.3 is based on FreeBSD 7.2, have you checked to see if the card is listed as being supported?  It's possible pfSense version 2.0 might have support for it since it's based on the newer FreeBSD 8.0

        http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.2R/hardware.html#ETHERNET
        http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/hardware.html#ETHERNET

        Check out my pfSense guides

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        • jimpJ
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by

          Definitely try 2.0 on there. It's actually based on 8.1, not 8.0, and at the moment we have even pulled down the Intel (em/igb/etc) driver from HEAD so it's even newer.

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            matrocs
            last edited by

            Thank you for your help.

            Unfortunately I have to use version 1.2.3.

            Do you think that installing 2.0 in another computer and coping the .ko could work.

            Thanks for your support.

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              tacfit
              last edited by

              I can confirm that 2.0 definitely works with the card.

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                wallabybob
                last edited by

                @matrocs:

                Unfortunately I have to use version 1.2.3.

                Do you think that installing 2.0 in another computer and coping the .ko could work.

                No because pfSense 1.2.3 and 2.0 are based on completely different versions of FreeBSD.

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  You could try this one, I think it was a newer igb compiled on 7.2 for a customer:

                  fetch -o /boot/modules/if_igb.ko http://pingle.org/files/if_igb.ko
                  echo 'if_igb_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf.local
                  

                  I would still recommend 2.0 though at this stage.

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    What's the current situation with the igb/em driver?
                    Didn't it get updated and then pulled a while back?
                    I did a quick search but turned up nothing enlightening.

                    Steve

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                    • jimpJ
                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                      last edited by

                      At the moment it seems to be pretty stable.

                      Some problems that were thought the be em-related were due to some other patches that have since been backed out for mbuf manipulation.

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                        jwelter99
                        last edited by

                        And I can second that confirmation!

                        @tacfit:

                        I can confirm that 2.0 definitely works with the card.

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                          matrocs
                          last edited by

                          I should buy new network cards… Could anyone recommends a Quad Port PCI Express card compatible with pfsense 1.2.3?

                          Thank you for you support.

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Did you try the updated driver Jim posted?

                            Steve

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                              matrocs
                              last edited by

                              Yes I tried but is not working.

                              I'm going to buy a NIC with chipset 82571 and try it.

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