Am I unlucky or is this a firmware issues?
Bought a 290-p0043w system with 4GB Ram, 500GB HD off ebay
Planned use: pfsense
Either this was unused stock or expertly refurbished, came in original HP box. protective plastic was still on the faceplate, zero dust. No scratches or other damage.
stripped out the HD and optical disk.
installed an extra 8GB dimm. system now has 12GB (yes I know total over kill
installed Optane 32GB 512GB nvme drive. (Yes again total overkill, but stuff is cheap on ebay why get good enough when you can have total overkill for $15 more.)
that all worked fine and as expected.
now the issues:
picked up a Intel 82575EB Dual RJ45 Port 1Gbps Ethernet PCI-E X1
US Intel 82575EB Dual RJ45 Port 1Gbps Ethernet PCI-E X1 Gigabit Server Adapter 653846689078 | eBay
installed it, plugged in network cable my mikrotik cloud switch reports it as 100mbit. Changed cable, same problem changed port, same problem, plugged it into another port that is known good at 1Gbit. Tried both ports on the card.
pfsense does not show the card or ports as available.
second issue
Bought REFURBISHED Dual 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet PCI-e x1 Network Card REFURBISHED Dual 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet PCI-e x1 Network Card 810154018697 | eBay
this card when plugged into the switch shows up as 10 megabit ports on the switch … pfsense doesn’t detect the card. I didn’t expect to see a full 2.5gbit link. But I did expect 1Gbit link
Am I just unlucky? Or a firmware issue?
MIkrotik css326-24g-2s+R M was just put into use today. Updated to the latest firmware.