I’m making a Pfsense box with version 2.4.1. The issue is that I can’t assign a LAN interface to the NIC I bought as Pfsense isnt detecting it. It’s an Intel PRO/1000 Quad. PN: 39Y6138. I’ve read around and many users are saying this NIC is not compatible with Pfsense or there were just too many issues. Is this true? Are there any other things I can do to get this working? Otherwise I’ll be returning it and buying a new NIC. Thanks in advance!
P.s. I’m still very noob at this stuff and am still learning
Pfsense Box Specs:
Using an old HP8300 SFF desktop
i7-3770, 8gb ddr3 1600, 120gb SSD, Mobo has x1 Intel Gigabit LAN and one; x16pcie, x8pcie, x1pcie
See if you can set the port in the BIOS to x4?
I think x4 and x1 are the same thing, but I am no super computer genius. x4= 4 lanes, x1 sort of means one group of 4 lanes.
Thanks for the replies. After some dreaded hours of tinkering I just decided it wasnt going to work out. I bought a different model NIC and it seems to be working fine. Pfsense detected it and set it as LAN right away. Not sure why the original quad NIC I had didnt work though… from other forums I read, people said it was due to this model NIC being a rebranded IBM NIC. Oh well…
This was the new NIC I bought, Model: EXPI9301CTBLK