New Alix board for 2013
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With the new APU board and a m-sata ssd I assume that the full install is preferable to the nanobsd, correct?
Tried copying the CF image on SD but didn't boot, also booting from USB CD image failed & which lacks serial output, only memstick-serial then installing to M-SATA worked for me, haven't tried installing on SATA since beta board lacks it.
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With the new APU board and a m-sata ssd I assume that the full install is preferable to the nanobsd, correct?
Yes, I did copy the full Image "pfSense-memstick-serial-2.1-RELEASE-amd64-20130911-1816.img" from a SD Card and this installes the m-sata-ssd.
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Would be nice to have for the new APU board:
- LED Support
- Thermal sensors
- as mentioned in an other thread (GPU prozessors as crypto device)
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The GPU is not usable.
It is disabled with the APU board to save power. -
New APU board is really great. Anyone got an idea how to get thermal sensors working? I'd like to check the temperature regularly…
Thanks.
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With the new APU board and a m-sata ssd I assume that the full install is preferable to the nanobsd, correct?
Yes, I did copy the full Image "pfSense-memstick-serial-2.1-RELEASE-amd64-20130911-1816.img" from a SD Card and this installes the m-sata-ssd.
Could you please tell us what you used to copy that image to SD Card? "dd" didn't work for me ???
Installing nanobsd on SD Card would be optimal.
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Could you please tell us what you used to copy that image to SD Card? "dd" didn't work for me ???
Installing nanobsd on SD Card would be optimal.
I used physdiskwrite to write a 2GB nanobsd alix image onto a sdhc card I had on hand, booted the apu with, did a minimum config and restored a modified alix config - done (made only minimum changes after)
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Moved from alix to an apu1c using a sdhc card (temporarly) and restored a modified alix config.
Works nicely so far…FreeBSD/amd64 (test.lan) (console) *** Welcome to pfSense 2.1-RELEASE-nanobsd (amd64) on test *** WAN (wan) -> re0 -> v4/DHCP4: 192.168.69.139/24 BRIDGE (lan) -> bridge0 -> v4: 192.168.70.1/24 WIFI (opt1) -> ath0_wlan0 -> LAN (opt2) -> re1 ->I noticed you are using a wifi card with the apu board. Is it the wle200nx? If so is it working with 2.1?
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I noticed you are using a wifi card with the apu board. Is it the wle200nx? If so is it working with 2.1?
Yes its a AR9280 set to run in 802.11g mode only and working so far. Seems not as good as the one I used in the Alix box (sensitivity wise) but it's to early to judge.
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I noticed you are using a wifi card with the apu board. Is it the wle200nx? If so is it working with 2.1?
Yes its a AR9280 set to run in 802.11g mode only and working so far. Seems not as good as the one I used in the Alix box (sensitivity wise) but it's to early to judge.
So in G mode is usable without stability issues, good to know.
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With the new APU board and a m-sata ssd I assume that the full install is preferable to the nanobsd, correct?
Yes, I did copy the full Image "pfSense-memstick-serial-2.1-RELEASE-amd64-20130911-1816.img" from a SD Card and this installes the m-sata-ssd.
Could you please tell us what you used to copy that image to SD Card? "dd" didn't work for me ???
Installing nanobsd on SD Card would be optimal.
I used http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/ as physdiskwrite didn't work.
As Image I used the Serial-installer-Image not the nano-Images. During the Installation you have to Chose the kernel, I selected the embedded. -
I noticed you are using a wifi card with the apu board. Is it the wle200nx? If so is it working with 2.1?
Yes its a AR9280 set to run in 802.11g mode only and working so far. Seems not as good as the one I used in the Alix box (sensitivity wise) but it's to early to judge.
So in G mode is usable without stability issues, good to know.
It is not usable in G mode here, using the apu1b with pfs 2.1, most of the time it causes a kernel panic and rebooting hangs.(same with G+N and pure N) other times it says it got enabled but does not broadcast signal. Tried multiple times with fresh installs and leaving defaults under wifi with no luck.
Maybe it's an issue with the beta boards only? ???
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So in G mode is usable without stability issues, good to know.
With the usual and lots of
kernel: ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
messages in the log.
All the hw.ath.bstuck, longcal, rx/tx, diversity etc. mod's did'nt improve it (if it's stuck it's stuck) so I gave up on it and blaim the driver (I didnt see this problems during a quick linux run).
The Compex WiFi in the Alix behaved better and logged only very few depending on how crowded the choosen channel where. Android's "WiFi Analyzer" app is your friend here to get a idea of channel usage. -
Does it cause problems when you see the stuck beacon errors or just spams the logs?
Steve
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Transfers get very jumpy or stop making progress for some time
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Ah ok but it recovers without intervention? My own home box occasionally shoots out some stuck beacons, a lot less with hw.ath.bstuck set to 8, but never gives me any trouble.
Steve
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Hi all just wanting some input. I have never used Pfsense before. I'm building a house and hardwiring the whole house. I will have fiber internet. Really I'm going with Pfsense because I want to learn about it. Looking for something low power and to suite a family.
Will this piece of hardware be fine seems pretty cost effective as opposed from me building a new machine. And I want it is standalone and not deploy another VM.
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What sort of fibre internet? What speed?
I don't believe this box will pass 1Gbps. Do we have any throughput tests from the new board yet? (as opposed to the prototype)Steve
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I really want to order one, but I'm undecided if I should wait few weeks for the 4GB version to become available or just go with the 2GB now. I don't think I really need 4GB since I'm ok now with an Alix 2d13, but for just $20 more it may be a good way to start playing with snort or squid.
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What sort of fibre internet? What speed?
I don't believe this box will pass 1Gbps. Do we have any throughput tests from the new board yet? (as opposed to the prototype)Steve
Thanks for the reply, nothing past 1gbps, at the moment can only get 100mbps speeds.
