Hardware

Various topics about pfSense® software and its interaction with hardware.

• Halting and Powering Off the Firewall
• Rebooting the Firewall
• Console Types
• Connecting to the Serial Console

Hardware Information

• Cryptographic Accelerator Support
• Disabling ACPI
• Disabling Sounds/Beeps
• Forcing a Filesystem Check
• Intel e1000 power save
• Network Interface Drivers with ALTQ Traffic Shaping Support
• Removing the F1 Boot Prompt
• What kind of flash should I use

Hardware Troubleshooting

• Tuning and Troubleshooting Network Cards
• Troubleshooting Boot Issues
• Troubleshooting DMA and LBA Errors
• Troubleshooting High CPU Load
• Troubleshooting Disk Check Errors (fsck)
• Troubleshooting Hardware Shutdown and Power Off
• Troubleshooting Lost Traffic or Disappearing Packets
• Troubleshooting Unexpected Reboots