Input and Output Ports¶

Default Configuration¶

Network Ports¶

Port	pfSense Label	Interface	Port Type	Port Speed
0)	OPT1	igb0	RJ-45	1 Gbps
1)	OPT2	igb1	RJ-45	1 Gbps
2)	WAN	ix0	RJ-45	10 Gbps
3)	LAN	ix1	RJ-45	10 Gbps

Other Ports¶

IPMI Port
USB1 (USB 3.0)
USB0 (USB 3.0)
VGA Port

Note

Both the WAN and LAN 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-IX1 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.

Network Port LEDs¶

The RJ-45 Network Ports have LEDs indicating status.

RJ-45 Ethernet Ports

Each RJ-45 Ethernet port has two LEDs to indicate connection, activity, and connection speed, as outlined in the table below.

Activity LED (Left)	Link Speed LED (Right)
Off = No Connection Yellow Flashing = Activity	Amber = 1 Gbps Green = 100 Mbps (10 Gbps for 10GbE Port) Off = No Connection or 10 Mbps

Note

Reverse the above table for the bottom ports as they are inverted.

With 4 Port Intel 1 Gbps Ethernet Expansion Card¶

Port	pfSense Label	Interface	Port Type	Port Speed
0)	OPT6	igb0	RJ-45	1 Gbps
1)	OPT5	igb1	RJ-45	1 Gbps
2)	OPT4	igb2	RJ-45	1 Gbps
3)	OPT3	igb3	RJ-45	1 Gbps
4)	WAN	igb4	RJ-45	1 Gbps
5)	LAN	igb5	RJ-45	1 Gbps
6)	OPT1	ix0	RJ-45	10 Gbps
7)	OPT2	ix1	RJ-45	10 Gbps

With 2 Port Chelsio 10 Gbps Ethernet Expansion Card¶

Port	pfSense Label	Interface	Port Type	Port Speed
0)	WAN	cxl0	SFP+	10 Gbps
1)	LAN	cxl1	SFP+	10 Gbps
2)	OPT1	igb0	RJ-45	1 Gbps
3)	OPT3	igb1	RJ-45	1 Gbps
4)	OPT2	ix0	RJ-45	10 Gbps
5)	OPT4	ix1	RJ-45	10 Gbps