Input and Output Ports¶

Rear Side¶

Ethernet Ports¶

Interface Name	Port Name	Port Type	Port Speed
WAN	IGB0	RJ-45	1 Gbps
LAN	IGB1	RJ-45	1 Gbps
OPT1	IX0	RJ-45	1 Gbps
OPT2	IX1	RJ-45	1 Gbps
OPT3	IX2	RJ-45	1 Gbps
OPT4	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 pfSense® appliance support auto-MDIX and are capable of utilizing either straight-through or crossover ethernet cables.

Warning

The ix(4) driver used 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	Description
Top LED	Add-on storage activity (does not show eMMC activity)
Middle LED	Activity
Bottom LED	Power

Front Side¶

Receessed Reset Button
Power Button
Power (12VDC with threaded locking connector)

Center Pin Positive

Note

The power button on the SG-5100 has been programmed to perform a graceful shutdown when depressed.