Pfsense can't detect intel pro/1000 pt quad port network card
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Hi,
I'm trying to install pfsense version 2.1.5 on a brand new asus h97I-PLUS motherboard with an intel pro/1000 pt quad network card (pci-express) but pfsense won't recognize this card which upon checking should have been supported by this version of pfsense. The built in intel card (I218v) is not yet supported w/c I know of that is why I got this pt quad port network card. I tried forcing the pci-express link speed to gen1 from what I read on the forum but still fails. Am I missing something?
I tried installing pfsense to my old asus desktop motherboard using the same intel pro/1000 pt card and it was successful, this means that my network card is working 100%.
thanks
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have you tried to disable UEFI bios and put it on 'legacy' bios?
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Possibly the bridge chip on the card (if there is one) is not being initialised correctly. Do the NIC chips show in pciconf? Or in the boot logs?
Are you running the latest BIOS? Try 2.2RC.Steve
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What OS was running on the Asus when you tested?
Its just before rack servers with quad ports existed I had some of these quad port intel nics in windows servers 2003 and either the MS drivers coming from the windows update or Intel drivers would not work properly, although I think it was the MS drivers which didnt work properly from memory.
So even though your Asus might have appeared to have worked, not all features on the card may have worked.
FWIW.
