Successful Install on Watchguard Firebox X700!
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Another successful firebox conversion here!
Installed the laptop drive in a desktop as secondary master, installed pfsense full version with EMBEDDED kernel.
Just finished watching the console bootup successfully without an issue at all detecting and booting from the transplanted HD.I will upload some pictures of how I modified the drive cage to hold the laptop drive.
Now just to get the LCD to work and display useful information!
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Another successful firebox conversion here!
Installed the laptop drive in a desktop as secondary master, installed pfsense full version with EMBEDDED kernel.
Just finished watching the console bootup successfully without an issue at all detecting and booting from the transplanted HD.I will upload some pictures of how I modified the drive cage to hold the laptop drive.
Now just to get the LCD to work and display useful information!
Pleased to hear this, i have one my self running now with lcd proc and it has not failed me Once. Waiting for delivery of a x500 today or tomorrow so that i can play with carp =) :D ;D
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A friend of mine has 2 WG X700 for sale…
If anyone is interested, just mail me...
He wants 30€ for one... -
Another WatchGuard turned to the Bright side ;D
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No more watchguards left, sorry..
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I am looking to do this to my x700 after i realised it doesnt do what I want it to do
I have put a hd into a laptop and tried to install but I am getting an error message about not enough network interfaces to setup
so I will try in a pc with multiple network cards in however when I then put it into the watchguard will it auto detect the drivers for the watchguard ethernet ports?
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Is the watchdog timeouts issue still ongoing.
Looking to replace my VM of pfSense with either an X700 or an Alix solution.
Does anyone know what the relative performance of the X700 (Celeron 1.2GHz I understand) vs the 500MHz AMD Geode CPU.
Thanks,
Dean
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Hi everyone,
I was given an X700 and I decided to put pfSense on it. But I can't connect my laptop to the Guard using serial. Here's my setup :
- Null modem cable + USB > serial adapter
- Putty
- 115200 bits/s, 8-n-1 (I also tried lower bit-rate)
Putty's window is blacker than black ???
Anyone got an idea on this ? -
- 115200 bits/s, 8-n-1 (I also tried lower bit-rate)
I had the same problem, and discovered that i was using a wrong cable.
And the serial settings should be : 9600 bits/s, 8-n-1 -
Does anyone know if these will take ECC ram? A lot easier and cheaper to find 512mb ECC ram sticks then non ecc where i am
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I have a 512MB PC100 ECC which I was going to try in it
Can let you know tonight
Just wanted to say how great this guide was for setting up my x700
I have been taking photos, so will do my own mini write up to aid future x700 modders :)
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Does anyone know if these will take ECC ram? A lot easier and cheaper to find 512mb ECC ram sticks then non ecc where i am
I belive normal ECC should work but registered ECC will most likely not. Haven't tested tho.
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Has any one made embedded image with LCDproc included for x700?
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Purchased an X500 and will install pfSense shortly.
Are there any advantages (apart from capacity) to installing on a HD as opposed to a CF card?
Thanks,
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Full unrestricted packages.
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Has any one made embedded image with LCDproc included for x700?
I can make a ghost image for you if you want. ;D
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Has any one made embedded image with LCDproc included for x700?
I can make a ghost image for you if you want. ;D
ok :)
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Complete and utter noob here so please be gentle!!
I've managed to get lumped with a faulty X700. I'm guessing the OS is shafted so it'd make an ideal candidate for a pfsense install.
As I'm fairly Linux illiterate (about 6 months mild exposure), what would be better for me… a hdd install or a CF install?I'm wanted to use it to firewall and route with NAT my 50Mb cable connection, running Developement Web and Mail servers.
TIA
Pete
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Definately the HDD option
I am currently in the process of writing a little guide with photos to make things easier for those that dont understand it all
Luckily I had an old external hard drive (USB powered one) which was faulty. Inside them there is basically an IDE laptop drive 2.5" and a tiny circuit board which connects the IDE HDD to a mini USB connector
I plugged this into a spare 80GB IDE Laptop drive I had and plugged in a USB to mini USB.
Connect the USB to a PC and disconnect any other hard drives then boot from CD and put the pfSense Live CD in, and once booted you can install to the HDD which is pretty easy if you just follow the steps
PC will need 2 network ports in it though
I was going to Ghost my drive, but the ghost tool I have just wanted to ghost the whole drive including empty space which was going to take hours
I havent yet but my plan is to put the LCD stuff on too
A further step for me is to reduce the noise of the X700 and so I researched and found the 3 fans in the back are 40mm x 10mm and the quietest ones I could find were 14DBa so I have ordered 3 of these:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-029-SY
They will arrive tomorrow, however they will have the wrong connector on them so I will have to solder the old connectors on once I have tested them
I will take some more photos as I do this and once done I will post up the guide
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Thanks for the info.
I've got a dead laptop with an IDE drive I can salvage and I'm a reg on the OCUK forums so I get free shipping from them so I'll might order up some of those fans - or maybe I'll get the Ultra version…. they are 19dBA over 14dBA (ie still pretty much silent) but they offer 20% more air throughput.
Might see if I can get some more RAM cheap too.