I/O Ports ¶

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I/O 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

I/O Ports¶

Default Configuration¶

Network Ports¶

Other Ports¶

Network Port LEDs¶

With 4 Port Intel 1 Gbps Ethernet Expansion Card¶

With 2 Port Chelsio 10 Gbps Ethernet Expansion Card¶