Input and Output Ports¶
Front Side¶
Ethernet Ports¶
Interface Name |
Port Name |
Port Type |
Port Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
WAN |
IGB0 |
RJ-45 |
1 Gbps |
LAN |
IGB1 |
RJ-45 |
1 Gbps |
IX0 |
RJ-45 |
1 Gbps |
|
IX1 |
RJ-45 |
1 Gbps |
|
IX2 |
RJ-45 |
1 Gbps |
|
IX3 |
RJ-45 |
1 Gbps |
Status LED |
State |
Description |
|---|---|---|
Left LED
(Link Status)
|
Solid Amber |
Link has been established and there is no activity on this port |
Blinking Amber |
Link has been established and there is activity on this port |
|
Off |
No link has been established |
|
Right LED
(Speed)
|
Solid Green |
Operating as a 100 Mbps connection |
Blinking Amber |
Operating as a Gigabit connection (1000 Mbps) |
|
Off |
No link has been established |
Note
All Ethernet ports of the Netgate® appliance support auto-MDIX and are capable of utilizing either straight-through or crossover ethernet cables.
Warning
The ix(4) driver used prior to pfSense® Plus 21.02 for ports
IX0-IX3 does not support ALTQ traffic shaping directly. Limiters may be used
instead, or use tagged VLAN interfaces which can be used with ALTQ traffic
shaping.
Other Ports and Indicators¶
Console (Mini-USB)
Status LEDs
2x USB 3.0
Status LED |
State |
Description |
|---|---|---|
Top LED |
Blinking Amber |
Add-on storage activity (does not show eMMC activity) |
Middle LED |
Solid Green |
System booted |
Blinking Green |
Software update available |
|
Solid Red |
Halted or in the process of booting |
|
Blinking Red |
Running update process |
|
Bottom LED |
Solid Green |
Power |
Rear Side¶
Recessed Reset Button (performs a reset to factory default)
Power Button (powers system on, performs graceful shutdown)
Power
12VDC with threaded locking connector
Power Consumption 7W (idle)
Center Pin Positive
Note
The power button on the SG-5100 has been programmed to perform a graceful shutdown when depressed.
The reset button is only used to reset the system back to factory defaults. It does not respond when pushed while the system is running.