Onboard/Integrated NIC Support

[ac33]

I'm trying to build/spec out a machine to use as a firewall with pfSense. I only really need two network interfaces, and was looking at a JetWave board with two integrated Intel NICs:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813153259

One being the i217-LM, and the other being the i211AT. However, I read in this thread:

https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=67002.0

that "The i210 and i217 Intel NICs are not currently supported". However, reading the FreeBSD hardware notes, it appears that the "igb4" driver supports both the i210 and i211 ethernet controllers:

(search for "igb4" here: http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/support.html)

Also, it appears that this driver is included in FreeBSD 8.3:

http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.3R/hardware.html#ETHERNET

Thus, I would think that pfSense supports at least the i211 NIC on this board.

Am I correct in thinking this? or would buying this board leave me with at least one useless NIC? Also, if anyone knows whether either of the specific NIC chipsets on this board are supported, it would be greatly helpful.

[stephenw10]

2.2, which is built on FreeBSD 10.1, should have no trouble with both those NICs.

Steve

[ac33]

@stephenw10:

2.2, which is built on FreeBSD 10.1, should have no trouble with both those NICs.

Thanks, I'll use the 2.2 release candidate.

[stephenw10]

I should probably confess to having not tried either of them!  ;)
However it looks like support for the i217 was added in 8.4 and the i211 in 9.1. The branches confuse things there slightly since I think 9.1 was actually released before 8.4. Either way both are in 10.1.
Since the first inclusion I think things have changed slightly, I217 now appears to be in em:
@https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/10.1.0/sys/dev/e1000/if_em.c?revision=274417&view=markup:

176 { 0x8086, E1000_DEV_ID_PCH_LPT_I217_LM, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0},
177 { 0x8086, E1000_DEV_ID_PCH_LPT_I217_V, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0},

And I211 in igb:
@https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/10.1.0/sys/dev/e1000/if_igb.c?revision=274417&view=markup:

165 { 0x8086, E1000_DEV_ID_I211_COPPER, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0},

Steve