Installing on a Firebox X700
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I just got one that had the same problem i found them on ebay real cheap and replaced them its very easy, i would reccomend that you try to fix it for the 10 bucks instead of buying a new one lol!! What models of the FB do you have?
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What models of the FB do you have?
I keep an eye on Ebay UK for cheap boxes. I use an X-Peak box (X6000) as my main firewall here and also have an X750 and an X5500. I'll have to try changing the caps on the X500. None of them look bad though, other bad caps I've had had stuff leaking from them or at least bulging tops. :-\
Steve
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Steve,
Im now looking for a peak box do you know the diffrent x core peak models?And is there any word on the package:fmertz is currently incorporating the led code into the lcd driver so we should soon have this all packaged nicely. That will also open the possibility of using the LED to indicate something useful.?
Thanks
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The X-Peak had three models: X5000, X6000 and X8000.
See: http://www.watchguard.com/products/peak.asp
I don't know how many Watchguard sold in relation to the X-Core but it must have been a low ratio, they hardly ever come up on Ebay.No news on the driver I'm afraid though I just aquired a replacement X-Core for some more testing.
Steve
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Ok thanks does pfsense had built in wireless? If so what firebox do i cant seem to find any info?
Thanks
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pfSense supports any wifi card that is supported by FreeBSD 8.1 (2.0.1) or 8.3 (2.1). That is a lot of cards but it's not as good as wifi support in Linux. For example there is no support at all for 802.11N.
I'm running an Atheros 2413 based mini-PCI card as an access point in my X-Peak.
None of the Watchguard X86 based hardware had wifi built in.
Steve
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I have a on WAN 3 LAN config how do allow the LAN's to talk to each other?
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You have to add firewall rules (or modify the existing rules) to allow access between LANs.
For example the default rule on the LAN interface is Source: LAN net and Destination: any. This destination, any, includes all your other subnets on other interfaces so traffic can reach them. This default rule doesn't exist on any other interfaces so you have to add it.Steve
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so i need to make a rule saying destination any and source any? also what are some good steps to secure pfsense and my network?
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pfSense is secure by default. ;)
In order to make it as secure as possible you should use rules that only open ports and interfaces you need. For example you should use, source: LANnet (or equivalent interface), in your rules to restrict what machines are allowed out.
You can restrict this further but only allowing ports you need, http, ssh, pop3 etc. Though it's easy to overlook something and end up blocking your own traffic.Steve
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just got a e series firebox upon receiving it doing research on pfsense and it said special tools required to get pfsense working is that correct?
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Yes you need to do a workaround in the bios to make it boot a CF card larger than 512MB. In order to do that you can either make up cables to connect a monitor and keyboard or reflash the bios with one that allows console redirect.
See:
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,20095.msg190456.html#msg190456Which e series model do you have?
Steve
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i got x750e 1250e and some peak models. I plan on listing the x750e since i got a lot for a great price.
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Nice! :)
The peak-e models are actually less good for pfSense as the CPU is not correctly picked up by the speedstep driver and hence they run much hotter. The Core-e has a Celeron which doesn't have speedstep but can be replaced by a pentium-m for very little.Steve
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Hello,
Does anyone know what 512 sticks of ram will work in these boxes, some people say they get it to work and others don't. I am currently looking at the ones on newegg and see they have three brands to choose from and they're all double sided dimms, any suggestions or specific models that are known to work?
Thanks,
Nico -
You mean the X700 series?
They seem to be very fussy, so much so that I'm just sticking with 256MB. ::)
The best person to comment on this would be Brak since he has upgraded many of these boxes.Steve
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Hello,
Does anyone know what 512 sticks of ram will work in these boxes, some people say they get it to work and others don't. I am currently looking at the ones on newegg and see they have three brands to choose from and they're all double sided dimms, any suggestions or specific models that are known to work?
Thanks,
NicoPurchased this memory module "Kingston KVR133X64C3/512 512mb SDRAM 133 MHz 168pin" from ebay and it works fine in the X700
Sleeps
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Trying to get another pfsense box up and running but cant get it to install say "Found compressed image file
Write error after 0 bytes (8192)." tried 3 diffrent files anyone know whats wrong? -
Where are you seeing that error? When writing the image to the CF card? Using what?
Steve
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Yes
