pfsense not detecting my built in NIC

[IT-ADMIN]

hi all

i just bought 2 computers DELL optiplex 3020, i try to install pfsense on them, but pfsense cannot detect my built in NIC, he can detect only my additional NIC
any suggestion

both pfsense version amd64 and i386 have the same problem

[alexntg]

Is the NIC on the pfSense HCL?
https://www.pfsense.org/hardware/

[scottalanmiller]

Likely there is no driver available for FreeBSD.

[JaredBusch]

I had that problem with Dell boxes before. I had to install the drivers separately.

[IT-ADMIN]

thank you all for your input
jaredBusch : how can i install drivers before installing pfSense, and even if they are installed they will be erased by the format (during pfsense installation)

best regard

[JaredBusch]

Well before going through hoops, what version of pfSense are you using? 2.1 was just released and should contain drivers for the newer chipsets.

I never had to install the drivers prior to the pfSense install itself. My boxes had extra NICs added and those were detected. I simply had to wget the drivers for the built in NIC after the fact before I could fully setup those systems.

[IT-ADMIN]

i use the latest version 2.1.1, but unfortunately still not recognize by pfSense
sorry Mr jaredBusch, what do you mean by "wget "

thanks Sir

[scottalanmiller]

wget is a command line tool for downloading files from the web.

[IT-ADMIN]

ohh great, hhhhh the friendly GUI make us not interesting in command line,
but the command line method remain the most strong way of configuration
ok, so i can for example load the driver by using command line mode in pfsense ??

[scottalanmiller]

If you can find the driver, yes.

[IT-ADMIN]

ah, i see, this need some research on how to write the right script for doing so
is pfsense use the same syntax as linux ??? or it has specific syntax

[scottalanmiller]

No. It's not related to Linux. BSD is its own OS family.

[IT-ADMIN]

ok, i see, i will get around

thank you all

see you with another topic

[scottalanmiller]

Might be easier to test out something else. Have you looked at SmoothWall?

[JaredBusch]

Easiest thing to do would be to buy an add on card that is compatible and forget about the built in NIC.

[IT-ADMIN]

hhh, both of your suggestion are great and worth a try
thank you a lot

[scottalanmiller]

You bet. Hope that they help.

[IT-ADMIN]

oooooooooooooh, very very gooooood idea, i make another additional NIC and pfsense recognize them both
thank you very much Mr jaredBusch and Mr scott too
we learn from you too much, i hope one day i can help others

[scottalanmiller]

Let us know if it works.

[IT-ADMIN]

everything work like a champ

thank you very much