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    New build. Cautions. Will a board/nic be supported by pfSense?

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      IOerror last edited by

      Hi,

      So after a couple weeks bashing my head in with a PC from 2005, I think it's time to walk down the 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams'.  Plagued with compatibility issues with both hardware and software.

      So here's what I'm thinkin:
      i3-3220 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116775
      GIGABYTE GA-H77TN http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128587
      150W PicoPSU http://www.frys.com/product/5974914
      Intel E1G44ET2BLK Gigabit ET2 Quad Port Server Adapter http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106074
      2.5" 80/120/250/500GB drive (I have a bunch)
      2-4GB DDR3-1333 (Have a bunch of these too)

      I want to be able to support up to 250 users with .11a/b/g (wifi scanners), snort, squid, and OpenVPN at approx 25Mbs over ISP connection.  I'm concerned about the NIC.  It's not working on my current build (P4 3GHz, via a PCIe x16.  Given the age of the PC, it might be a really old PCIe which it not supported by this card or the "Server" part is not supported by main-stream boards. In any event, I now have a cold spare laying around just in case the world ends.  Could be good for dual WAN or failover…

      Thoughts?

      EDIT Wow, just found an article on ark.intel.com about some dual/quad port nics with PCIe2.0 not functioning on same controller which supports PCIe1.0a! Hrm... how to confirm this is my problem.../EDIT

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        ayah last edited by

        Did you try disabling LRO?

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          IOerror last edited by

          I have a dedicated thread to trying to trouble shoot this here:
          http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,67057.0.html
          I will take a look at LRO.  I believe I disabled it already, doesn't hurt to check.  Besides, I think this is an OS boot issue.

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          • stephenw10
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

            I would be tempted to go for something a little older. USB3 is certainly not supported and I'm not sure about SATA3.

            Steve

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