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      larry72450
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      I am replacing a Sonicwall NSA-3500 with pfsense 2.24.  This is for a small college and dependability is key.  I must have content filters, virus blocking, etc.  I have installed squid 3, squid guard.

      My hardware is all new purchased from Newegg.com.  Some might be overkill, but I dont want any complaints about speed.

      Rosewill RSV-L4000 - 4U Rackmount Server Case / Chassis - 8 Internal Bays, 7 Cooling Fans Included
      SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SRA-O ATX Server Motherboard LGA 2011 Intel C612
      SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5450 100292DDR3L 1GB 64-Bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card
      SUPERMICRO SNK-P0050AP4 Heatsink for Supermicro X9DR3-F Motherboard
      EVGA 220-P2-1000-XR 80 PLUS Platinum 1000 W 10 yr Warranty ECO Mode Fully Modular NVIDIA SLI Ready and Crossfire Support continuous Power Supply
      Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 Haswell-EP 2.4 GHz LGA 2011-3 85W BX80644E52630V3 Server Processor
      4x SAMSUNG 8GB 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM ECC Registered DDR4 2133 (PC4 17000) Server Memory Model M393A1G40DB0-CPB
      2x Intel E1G44HTBLK 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI-Express 2.0 Server Adapter I340-T4 (Bulk Pack) - OEM
      2x SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE250BW 2.5" 250GB SATA 6Gb/s MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
      dvdrw

      All works fine without the 4-port nics.  It wont let me install because of the buffer error.  So I follow the instructions about increasing my buffers to 1,000,000 and the other troublehooting on the intel igb(4).  Then it install the card(s) and try to re-assign the cards, and it never shows the cards as being UP.  just blank.  It does collect the mac address and list all the ports.  I just cannot get these to work.  I do get the supermicro build in intel nics to work.

      2.  I keep seeing this on my pfsense screen.

      ugen0.2: <pixart>at usbus0 (disconnected)
      ugen0.2: <pixart>at usbus0
      ugen0.2: <pixart>at usbus0 (disconnected)
      ugen0.2: <pixart>at usbus0

      I tried to search for answers and find some reading material, but I could use some more.    I am a paid member if that helps.

      Thanks,</pixart></pixart></pixart></pixart>

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        Guest
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        I tried to search for answers and find some reading material, but I could use some more.    I am a paid member if that helps.

        Try a re-installation and then chose full install, for getting a better result.
        You might be trying out also the following tunings for your box

        • enable TRIMM Support fot the SSDs
        • highing up the mbufs size to 1.000.000
        • Enables PowerD (hi adaptive)
        • create a /boot/loader.conf.cocal with all custom made entries to persist updates and upgrades

        EVGA 220-P2-1000-XR 80 PLUS Platinum 1000 W 10 yr Warranty ECO Mode Fully Modular NVIDIA SLI Ready and Crossfire Support continuous Power Supply

        Try a Zippy Dual ATX Server PSU instead of  the single PSU and have a look for an APC USV (Battery driven PSU)

        In the BIOS you might be also disable all things you don´t need to come closer to the point of installing the
        NIC, by deactivating all other not really urgent needed things in the BIOS.

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          larry72450
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          Thank you for the help.  I will try these things.

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            Karlos533
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            ugen0.5: <pixart>at usbus0 (disconnected)
            ugen0.5: <pixart>at usbus0
            ugen0.5: <pixart>at usbus0 (disconnected)
            ugen0.5: <pixart>at usbus0

            Hey, not sure if you've been able to fix your issue yet but I've noticed this behavior after I installed a KVM switch and I found that it was the issue. If you are using a KVM, that might be your problem. To me it doesn't affect anything GUI-wise but if you're using the shell it becomes a pain rather quickly. Hope this helps.</pixart></pixart></pixart></pixart>

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