GIGABYTE GA-C847N-D, Thoughts?

angrypuck

I just ordered one of these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128585

for use with pfsense. I've read a couple forum posts that would lead me to believe that it should work. However, I was wondering if anyone here has any thoughts on it?

Specs (for those who don't want to click on the link):

Model
Brand
GIGABYTE
Model
GA-C847N-D
Combo Type
Motherboard/CPU/VGA Combo

Bundle
CPU
Intel Celeron 847 1.1GHz
With Cooler
Yes

Supported CPU
CPU Type
Celeron

Chipsets
North Bridge
Intel NM70

Memory
Number of Memory Slots
2×240pin
Memory Standard
DDR3 1333/1066
Maximum Memory Supported
16GB
Channel Supported
Dual Channel

Expansion Slots
PCI Slots
1

Storage Devices
SATA
1 x SATA 6Gb/s
2 x SATA 3Gb/s
1 x eSATA 3Gb/s

Onboard Video
Onboard Video Chipset
Integrated Graphics

Onboard Audio
Audio Chipset
Realtek ALC887
Audio Channels
7.1 Channels

Onboard LAN
LAN Speed
10/100/1000Mbps
Second LAN Speed
10/100/1000Mbps
Max LAN Speed
Dual 10/100/1000Mbps

Rear Panel Ports
PS/2
2
COM
1
Video Ports
D-Sub
HDMI
1 x HDMI
USB 1.1/2.0
4 x USB 2.0
eSATA
1 x eSATA II
Audio Ports
3 Ports

Internal I/O Connectors
Onboard USB
4 x USB 2.0
Other Connectors
1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 x CPU fan header
1 x system fan header
1 x front panel header
1 x front panel audio header
1 x parallel port
1 x serial port header
1 x Clear CMOS jumper
1 x chassis intrusion header

Physical Spec
Form Factor
Mini ITX
Dimensions
6.7" x 6.7"

Psychoholic

I picked one of these up last week myself.

Unless I'm doing something wrong, 2.0.2 does not recognize the NICs, however 2.1BETA seems to be working fine, though I have not yet put it into production - if you can call a home network "production" :)

With beta, I initially had an issue where neither interface would function (despite ifconfig reporting up for both) until I ran ifconfig down/up for each interface. After clearing the CMOS all was well.

wmarkel

Do you know which realtek nics are on that board? I can't seem to find out anywhere. Thanks, W.

wmarkel

NM. It's an 8111F found a pic on a Chinese site.

n2qcn

AMizil

@Psychoholic:

I picked one of these up last week myself.

Unless I'm doing something wrong, 2.0.2 does not recognize the NICs, however 2.1BETA seems to be working fine, though I have not yet put it into production - if you can call a home network "production" :)

With beta, I initially had an issue where neither interface would function (despite ifconfig reporting up for both) until I ran ifconfig down/up for each interface. After clearing the CMOS all was well.

Hello,

Did u manage to have the on board NICs working with pfSense? are u using additional NIC on PCI slot?
which version of pfSense ? video output it's ok ?

Regards,
Adrian

zirou

I'm also using this MB and can confirm it isn't recognizing the NIC's with pfsense 2.0.3 but with 2.1 beta it works fine.

Clear-Pixel

Not a large sample of Newegg reviews, but score is higher than normally seen.

Price $70 … 10/10
CPU Passmarks 1,028 … 7/10
CPU Soldered to the motherboard … 5/10
Dual Nics … 10/10
Realtek Nics … 8/10
PCI Slot … 6/10
Pfsense 2.1 only … 8/10

I would consider this board … I do though however prefer to have a bit extra CPU computing power so not to limit possible future uses or scenarios.

Downloadski

I ordered a msi c847ms-e33 with the same chip, but other expantion port setup. (PCI-E 2.0x16, x1 and 2 PCI)
This will fit my 2 old intel pro1000 pci cards, and a dual pci-e intel nic card. It is no mini, but micro atx i think.

It is about the same cost..

hansrotec

just went through a fit trying to get the GA-C1007UN-D Intel NM70 to work (1.5 Celeron to the 1.1 in the one your looking at) could not get both onboard NICs to work at the same time, 2.0.3 did not see the NICs, 2.1 RC did, but either the lan or the wan would have issues each time i think it was the NM70 chipset, another issue i had with the board about 1/3 the time it would not come back up on reboot. had to fail back to my junk tower E5400 (was free and the mobo for it has issues) to keep running pf sense

a bit of what i went through http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,63178.0.html

Funkenstein

FWIW, I have a system up and running with this board, 8GB RAM, and using 2.1-RC0.

So far, it's been pretty stable, but not a ton of up-time yet.

Jbmeth007

interesting board, wonder why they chose to leave out the ide header since theres a solder point there. oh well.. id be interested to see its performance.

tirsojrp

There is a version of this board with an IDE port and the GA-C1007UN is a better option.

Funkenstein

I stand corrected. I am using the GA-C1007UN-D board in my setup.

-F

mkljax

Funkenstein, are u using 32 or 64 bit version of 2,1 rc1. i have the same board but cannot ping re0 lan remotely but from pfsense it will ping and cannot get into the web configurator

Fevan

nice mobo but yeah I feel depending on your needs if its just basic the cpus fine, anything more taxing say using openvpn clients then you may need much faster.

Downloadski

Very old thread, but i have it now finally connected :) (msi version with celeron 847)

It does my 500/500 line at 35% cpu when dowloading from usenet.
Have pfblocker and nat running. Trying to get snort working.

No idea if it still works when i add snort and other services, bought when the line was 100/100 but it seems to do fine.
Snort active and CPU on 76% with line rate download..