Re: [Soekris] soekris 4801 and pfsense 2.x
Hi, does the soekris 4801 +case_lan1621_boardhttp://soekris.eu/shop/net4801/net4801_48_board_and_case_lan1621_board_en.html will support all this traffic ? The 4801 is very limited and realistically scales up to 4kpps to 10kpps depending on the OS. The pfsense web interface is very heavy and modern versions don't even run on boxes like the 4801 due to RAM limitations. You are better off with a 5501 or 6501 box. I have been using pfSense on a 5501 and a 6501 with load balancing over 2 ADSL lines. It works quite good. Web access to pfsense interface is quicker on 6501 device. If you have a lot of connected computer on you lan, you should use a device with high CPU. It increases WAN access speed. I had an issue with the net6501 that deals with faulty SSD drive. Use as much as possible nanoBSD version and redirect syslog events to an internal syslog server. Regards. Éric Boudrand ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Crash with Net6501-70
Hallo, the NanoBSD installation will most likely let this mSATA live longer. Which mSATA model are you using? I am using 4GB KingSpec KSM-mSATA.5-004SJ 120202 device. Éric ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Crash with Net6501-70
Hi, Since I had to acquire a 2.5in mSATA sled to check the firmware revs I've been meaning to try testing in the sled to attempt to eliminate the possibility of board design errors, but I've not found the time. At the end, did you succeed in using a mSATA device with the net6501-70 ? Regards. Éric ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Crash with Net6501-70
Hi Peter, The error message can be interpreted this way. However, I'm unsure however, why the mSATA stops working only every 2 weeks. I have checked again. In fact, mSATA crash occurred every 4 days. Are you running pfSense full installation or nanoBSD. A shot in the dark: The full installation crashed the mSATA. I used installation from a memstick. I'm afraid, you can narrow down the error only by exchanging the mSATA. In a first step I would try a cheaper USB stick. And just to stay on the safe side: Try a nanoBSD installation with it. I think I will try with a nanoBSD. A replacement of the mSATA device seems to me needed. May be you could also open a thread in the pfSense forum about your issue. There are many users running soekris installations. I have already done it : http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,64594.0.html But the answer was not as precise as yours. Regards. Éric Boudrand ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Crash with Net6501-70
Hi Jim, Le mardi 30 juillet 2013 à 08:02 -0400, Jim Pingle a écrit : Use NanoBSD to reduce the stress on the disk, or if you're on pfSense 2.1, running a full install you can enable the option to use a RAM disk for /var and /tmp which cuts back on many writes even using a full install. That doesn't help with most packages though. Thanks for you feedback. I have just checked that the gateway crashes in fact much more often (every 4 days). Regards. Éric ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Crash with Net6501-70
May be you could also open a thread in the pfSense forum about your issue. There are many users running soekris installations. I have just found a thread on pfSense forum with posts from pvoigt and jimp ;) Eric ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
[Soekris] Crash with Net6501-70
Hi, I am using pfSense on a net6501-70 with a Kingspec mSata drive. Every two weeks, the gateway stops working. We have to reboot it. I discovered in the log that a kernel crash occured : 2013-07-18 13:27:05 kern kernel = DP 2013-07-18 13:27:05 kern kernel code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xf, type 0x1b 2013-07-18 13:27:05 kern kernel frame pointer = 0x28:0xc5606a80 2013-07-18 13:27:05 kern kernel stack pointer = 0x28:0xc5606a80 2013-07-18 13:27:05 kern kernel instruction pointer = 0x20:0xc09ca708 2013-07-18 13:27:05 kern kernel ot present 2013-07-18 13:27:05 kern kernel fault code = supervisor read, page n 2013-07-18 13:27:05 kern kernel fault virtual address = 0x182 2013-07-18 13:27:05 kern kernel cpuid = 0; apic id = 00 2013-07-18 13:27:05 kern kernel Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode 2013-07-18 13:27:05 kern kernel ata2: hardware reset timeout 2013-07-18 13:27:05 kern kernel fd = 0080 2013-07-18 13:27:04 kern kernel t 2013-07-18 13:27:04 kern kernel ata2: port is not ready (timeout 1ms) 2013-07-18 13:27:02 user apinger ALARM: WAN1(193.253.160.3) *** down *** 2013-07-18 13:27:02 user apinger ALARM: WAN2(8.8.8.8) *** down *** 2013-07-18 13:26:56 kern kernel g_vfs_done():ad4s1a[WRITE(offset=192856064, length=16384)]error = 6 I have a lot of errors g_vfs_done():ad4s1a[WRITE ...] Do these errors mean my Kingspec 4 GB mSATA SLC flash is corrupted ? Thanks for any help. Regards. Éric Boudrand ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Boot Error with net5501
Hi, I made the test as you suggested and I got a boot error message. I have copied a pfSense image. I have the same result with M0n0wall. I have done under Linux : dd if=pfsense.img of=/dev/sdb1 bs=16k If I plug a SATA drive, the boot message is : GRUB Loading stage1.5 GRUB loading, please wait Error 18 I am not surprised by this error because menu.lst file is located in a partition that is 100GB far from the beginning of the drive... I am not very sure it will work ;-) Is someone using a Monowall on 2 GB CF card with net5501 ? Regards. Eric Boudrand Le lundi 18 mai 2009 à 13:58 -0800, TechKid PC a écrit : Have you tried booting off the CF card on a desktop system using a CF-IDE adapter to make sure the card is setup correctly? That was one of my problems initially. I never had the CF card bootloader setup correctly and had a misconfigured lilo. If that is not the case also make sure that the boot drive is set to 80 in the soekris combios. (I also had to disable partition boot). Tom - Original Message - From: d...@boudrand.net To: soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 6:34 AM Subject: [Soekris] Boot Error with net5501 Hello, I am using a net5501 but I am not able to boot. I am getting a Boot Error message. The console returns : POST: 012345689bcefghips1234ajklnopqr,,,tvwxy comBIOS ver. 1.33 20070103 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Soekris Engineering. net5501 0512 Mbyte MemoryCPU Geode LX 500 Mhz Pri Mas SanDisk SDCFH2-002G LBA Xlt 992-64-63 2001 Mbyte Slot Vend Dev ClassRev Cmd Stat CL LT HT Base1Base2 Int --- 0:01:2 1022 2082 1010 0006 0220 08 00 00 A000 10 0:06:0 1106 3053 0296 0117 0210 08 40 00 E101 A0004000 11 0:07:0 1106 3053 0296 0117 0210 08 40 00 E201 A0004100 05 0:08:0 1106 3053 0296 0117 0210 08 40 00 E301 A0004200 09 0:09:0 1106 3053 0296 0117 0210 08 40 00 E401 A0004300 12 0:14:0 104C AC23 06040002 0107 0210 08 40 01 0:20:0 1022 2090 06010003 0009 02A0 08 40 80 6001 6101 0:20:2 1022 209A 01018001 0005 02A0 08 00 00 0:21:0 1022 2094 0C031002 0006 0230 08 00 80 A0005000 15 0:21:1 1022 2095 0C032002 0006 0230 08 00 00 A0006000 15 1:00:0 100B 0020 0200 0107 0290 00 40 00 D001 A400 10 1:01:0 100B 0020 0200 0107 0290 00 40 00 D101 A4001000 07 1:02:0 100B 0020 0200 0107 0290 00 40 00 D201 A4002000 10 1:03:0 100B 0020 0200 0107 0290 00 40 00 D301 A4003000 07 1 Seconds to automatic boot. Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor. Boot error I had a similar issue with a 2GB Kingston CF. As it is recommended on the Soekris web site, I have bougth a 2GB SanDisk Ultra II. But, I still have the same error. Is the issue due to a CF ? Regards. Eric Boudrand ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Boot Error with net5501
An update. I succeeded in booting to a pfSense CF. I used physdiskwrite under Windows with Remove 2GB restriction. I was also able to boot on a M0n0wall CF. I used also physdiskwrite without Remove 2GB restriction. So, my dd arguments was not the good one. Regards. Eric Boudrand Le mardi 19 mai 2009 à 16:31 +0200, Eric Boudrand a écrit : Hi, I made the test as you suggested and I got a boot error message. I have copied a pfSense image. I have the same result with M0n0wall. I have done under Linux : dd if=pfsense.img of=/dev/sdb1 bs=16k If I plug a SATA drive, the boot message is : GRUB Loading stage1.5 GRUB loading, please wait Error 18 I am not surprised by this error because menu.lst file is located in a partition that is 100GB far from the beginning of the drive... I am not very sure it will work ;-) Is someone using a Monowall on 2 GB CF card with net5501 ? Regards. Eric Boudrand Le lundi 18 mai 2009 à 13:58 -0800, TechKid PC a écrit : Have you tried booting off the CF card on a desktop system using a CF-IDE adapter to make sure the card is setup correctly? That was one of my problems initially. I never had the CF card bootloader setup correctly and had a misconfigured lilo. If that is not the case also make sure that the boot drive is set to 80 in the soekris combios. (I also had to disable partition boot). Tom - Original Message - From: d...@boudrand.net To: soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 6:34 AM Subject: [Soekris] Boot Error with net5501 Hello, I am using a net5501 but I am not able to boot. I am getting a Boot Error message. The console returns : POST: 012345689bcefghips1234ajklnopqr,,,tvwxy comBIOS ver. 1.33 20070103 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Soekris Engineering. net5501 0512 Mbyte MemoryCPU Geode LX 500 Mhz Pri Mas SanDisk SDCFH2-002G LBA Xlt 992-64-63 2001 Mbyte Slot Vend Dev ClassRev Cmd Stat CL LT HT Base1Base2 Int --- 0:01:2 1022 2082 1010 0006 0220 08 00 00 A000 10 0:06:0 1106 3053 0296 0117 0210 08 40 00 E101 A0004000 11 0:07:0 1106 3053 0296 0117 0210 08 40 00 E201 A0004100 05 0:08:0 1106 3053 0296 0117 0210 08 40 00 E301 A0004200 09 0:09:0 1106 3053 0296 0117 0210 08 40 00 E401 A0004300 12 0:14:0 104C AC23 06040002 0107 0210 08 40 01 0:20:0 1022 2090 06010003 0009 02A0 08 40 80 6001 6101 0:20:2 1022 209A 01018001 0005 02A0 08 00 00 0:21:0 1022 2094 0C031002 0006 0230 08 00 80 A0005000 15 0:21:1 1022 2095 0C032002 0006 0230 08 00 00 A0006000 15 1:00:0 100B 0020 0200 0107 0290 00 40 00 D001 A400 10 1:01:0 100B 0020 0200 0107 0290 00 40 00 D101 A4001000 07 1:02:0 100B 0020 0200 0107 0290 00 40 00 D201 A4002000 10 1:03:0 100B 0020 0200 0107 0290 00 40 00 D301 A4003000 07 1 Seconds to automatic boot. Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor. Boot error I had a similar issue with a 2GB Kingston CF. As it is recommended on the Soekris web site, I have bougth a 2GB SanDisk Ultra II. But, I still have the same error. Is the issue due to a CF ? Regards. Eric Boudrand ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
