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      Charles120
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      I built a pfSense router today and the installation went smoothly, I noticed that when I connect myself to it via LAN that it keeps me connected for a few minutes, then it disconnects me. I've done a factory reset and that didn't work either. It was working last night but then it just stopped existing.

      CPU: Pentium G3260
      RAM: Kingston 4GB DDR3
      1st NIC: Realtek RTL8111G
      2nd NIC: TP-LINK TG-3468

      The pfSense machine is still running when this happens, I believe it may be the NIC since I heard Realtek may have problems.
      :o :P

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        Harvy66
        last edited by

        This isn't helpful for your current situation, but if you ever get the choice, just get Intel NICs.

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          cmb
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          Might want to try 2.3, newer base OS has some fixes in the Realtek driver.

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            Guest
            last edited by

            Is this perhaps owed to a power saving option inside in the BIOS?

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              Perforado Rebel Alliance
              last edited by

              Maybe. Chipset would be nice to know.

              Also: Post dmesg Please.

              @devs: Does the pfsense-FreeBSD-kernel support alpm (Agressive Link Power Management)?

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