DELL BROADCOM NETXTREME GIGABIT ETHERNET DRIVER

I'm sure I got started initially by reading at least one clear "getting started" explanation in a document somewhere in the pfSense web site follow the documentation link from the pfSense home page. Subscribe to our Newsletter Product information, software announcements, and special offers. John 4 I bought this computer specifically to run PF Sense, so I didn't expect to have this problem with the network card, the second one. I may be using them very early in initial setup but they are updated by the server vendor's drivers pretty much first thing. I have setup pfsense on a different machine sometime ago, with no such problems, it was working flawlessly, and that was an exercise I have to go through, deciding whether I should go with CISCO ASA 5XXX Series, or buy a good server, and run an Open Source Firewall, in my case, I found that the best one would be pfsense after reading different reviews.

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hardware - Updating broadcom NIC drivers on a Dell Poweredge R - Server Fault

Subscribe to our Newsletter Product information, software announcements, and special offers. An extra nic car, D-Link is also installed, and works fine. ICMP echo request, idseq 66, length 64 Hi Wallabybob, Thanks for your detailed reply. The card is working, but something is wrong with the driver.

From where you were netxreme last report, I suggest you read at least one "getting started" document in the excellent documentation collection linked to from the pfSense home page and then use your system with IP address After installing the latest beta version, 2. Reply Quote 0 1 Reply Last reply.

DELL / BROADCOM NETXTREME BCM5722 GIGABIT ETHERNET PCI-E X1 ( 1 ) ONE

Loading More Posts 13 Posts. With bigabit exceptions stuff doesn't get enabled unless it is specifically enabled. Zac67 3, 2 4 Interface bge1 is not working on the lan, is it a problem on the BSD side?

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For the time being then you would be better off making the pfSense interface closest to your local machines the LAN interface then you ehhernet get responses to your pings. I tried first pfsense 1. Your browser does not seem to support JavaScript.

Broadcom NetXtreme II 5708 Single Port Ethernet PCI-Express Network Interface Card with TOE

By default for security reasons the OPT interfaces don't have firewall rules allowing traffic. ICMP echo reply, idseq gigabih, length However, bge1 doesn't work. If you see incoming DHCP requests in a packet trace then you should see those requests logged.

To sum up, after doing your suggestions and swapping the WAN with the LAN, and changing the cables, the problems seems to be in the driver. Can I fix it? By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Cookie PolicyPrivacy Policyand our Terms of Service. I found that there is a patch to be applied to the driver, from FreeBSD, but I need to compile against the kernel.

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23NHIGH P DELL / BROADCOM NETXTREME BCM GIGABIT ETHERNET PCI-E

I have setup pfsense on a different machine sometime ago, with no such problems, it was working flawlessly, and that was an exercise I have to go through, deciding whether I should go with CISCO ASA 5XXX Series, or buy a good server, and run an Open Source Firewall, in my case, I found that etherner best one would be pfsense after reading different reviews.

A difficulty I have is that I don't have detailed enough history to understand what issues you faced at what stage of configuration. gihabit

This sort of problem report is too vague for anyone to be able to help without asking further questions. I need to configure the two gigabiy, bge's correctly.

I cannot open the web interface yet.

If the server vendor provides drivers then you should be using those. Can anyone shed some light on this? Sign up using Email and Password.