Successful Install on Watchguard Firebox X700!
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The 1.2GHz Celeron is about 30W maximum power dissipation is this right?
That's not much more than the processor in the X-e box and nowhere near the 68W on the processor in the X-Peak, both of those have a ducted cooling solution with no fan directly on the cpu.
Might it not be possible to use something similar here?
Maybe even consider a heatpipe arrangement to move hot air directly to the back. Perhaps something from an old laptop?Steve
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Sigh… the problem with watchdog timeouts is still there with pfsense beta 2.0.
I'm pretty sure that there's a problem with the driver for realtek nics not pfsense itself.
I'm seriously thinking about replacing my firebox with someone else, but I'm not sure what else there is to run for the same amount of investment. -
A different firebox? ;)
The X-Peak or X-Edge boxes don't have Realtek NICs.
The X-Peak actually has all Intel NICs, and three of them are GigE, if you can find one.
It was reported a few pages back that the timeouts were no longer a problem. What is your setup?
Steve
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I'm running latest beta, configured as a OpenVPN server.
I get watchdog timeouts when connected to the firebox by VPN on a client.
I can ping, do some small surfing, but immediatly when there's some more intensive traffic there's watchdog timeouts.
I've read quite a few threads about the watchdog timeout problem, and some thread said something about different MTU-sizes.
OpenVPN set a MTU-size for the tunnel itself, might be that problem. I tried to set it different sizes, but I would always get watchdog timeouts when running VPN. -
just noticed when updating to rc1 that it now says on the dashboard
"Hardware crypto SafeNet SafeXcel-1141 rng des/3des aes md5 sha1 null"
does that mean the safenet card now works?
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It has always been supported as far as I know.
Just that now it is reported.Steve
Edit: For a long while anyway! And I should say support for the card hasn't changed, there are many reports of people failing to make it work in this thread but technically everything needed is there.
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does something need to be done to make it work?
It has always been supported as far as I know.
Just that now it is reported.Steve
Edit: For a long while anyway! And I should say support for the card hasn't changed, there are many reports of people failing to make it work in this thread but technically everything needed is there.
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For the users with timeout errors, does it make any sense to switch to the RL driver instead of the RE driver?
See: http://groups.google.com/group/muc.lists.freebsd.bugs/browse_thread/thread/ba509d216f6b30e6/e84e76306f6c6249?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=freebsd+watchdog+timeout+re0#e84e76306f6c6249
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For the users with timeout errors, does it make any sense to switch to the RL driver instead of the RE driver?
See: http://groups.google.com/group/muc.lists.freebsd.bugs/browse_thread/thread/ba509d216f6b30e6/e84e76306f6c6249?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=freebsd+watchdog+timeout+re0#e84e76306f6c6249
That thread is from 2005. As I recall the problem was not solved 2009/2010 and at that point the developer for the driver was involved.
There should be a thread here on the forums. -
The 1.2GHz Celeron is about 30W maximum power dissipation is this right?
That's not much more than the processor in the X-e box and nowhere near the 68W on the processor in the X-Peak, both of those have a ducted cooling solution with no fan directly on the cpu.
Might it not be possible to use something similar here?
Maybe even consider a heatpipe arrangement to move hot air directly to the back. Perhaps something from an old laptop?Steve
appreciate the suggestion but probably a little too mod heavy for me
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appreciate the suggestion but probably a little too mod heavy for me
Bah, Wimp! :P :D
Steve
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hah; thanks
i ended up buying 126010DL cooljag fans (60x60x10mm) rated at 20db, split the housing of the cpu fans that were on ther and stuck that on top of the cooling fan, essentially creating a quiet cpu fan with a side vent.
quiet and cool now!
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Hello,
I've 2 Watchguard x1250e in stock and it's also for me a good way to recycle them :-)
Have you more information for pinout's (keyboard, usb …) ?
Have a nice day,
Patrick
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There's a huge amount of information about this platform in this thread.
It's the same hardware in the x550e, x750e and x1250e.Just ask in that thread if you have any questions.
Steve
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Finally received my FB X700 and installed ver 1.2.3 on a 4GB flash card. Just have to configure it so it mirrors the PC and replace the fans with Mini-Kaze (SY124010L) fans and the cpu fan (Fractal design 50mm), should be up and running in the next couple of days.
Another happy user
Sleeps
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Finally received my FB X700 and installed ver 1.2.3 on a 4GB flash card. Just have to configure it so it mirrors the PC and replace the fans with Mini-Kaze (SY124010L) fans and the cpu fan (Fractal design 50mm), should be up and running in the next couple of days.
Another happy user
Sleeps
glad to hear it's working out for you why not 2.0?
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Finally received my FB X700 and installed ver 1.2.3 on a 4GB flash card. Just have to configure it so it mirrors the PC and replace the fans with Mini-Kaze (SY124010L) fans and the cpu fan (Fractal design 50mm), should be up and running in the next couple of days.
Another happy user
Sleeps
glad to hear it's working out for you why not 2.0?
Replaced all fans and very silent. However I have one concern not sure if I installed the Processor fan correctly (Should the label be facing up or down?) Will try 2.0 just waiting for hard drive to arrive from ebay.
Sleeps
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when i installed that fan i had it push air towards the cpu. i also reversed my rear fans to push air in. but i tried both ways and both work ok.
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when i installed that fan i had it push air towards the cpu. i also reversed my rear fans to push air in. but i tried both ways and both work ok.
I checked some other forums about the position of the cpu fans and I decided that I stick with the standard push air out. jdetmold thanks for the reply.
Sleeps
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I have not had a chance to test longer term stability because i tend to play a lot with my home network but tomorrow i will hit 40 days uptime with no issues and that means next month i think i will set up another 2 x700's at the office with carp!
