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Title: OPNsense Varia AMD APU2C4 broke - Replace with APU2D2?
Post by: hirschferkel on August 28, 2019, 01:26:21 pm

Hello,

after only three years my 250 € router has completely crashed today: A Varia OPNsense complete system based on a PC Engines AMD APU2C4 board. This is a bit early as I think ...

Now I'm forcibly looking for a quick fix to put my network back into operation, with all the VPN set ups etc. Therefore, I would most likely buy a different router, because I have only made poor experiences with the Varia router and because it broke down so fast. In addition, from the very beginning the built-in Wifi card was miserable and their support bad.

But I have no idea what routers under 200 € are reasonable and which can easily just run with the OPNsense set up I have stored on my smard card. I've been trying to search the internet, but that was not really insightful.

Or does it make sense to buy just another board, maybe the APU2D2 or APU2D4? Maybe I would bring a new Wifi card, too, because I have an Aetheros card that has been producing a lot of timeouts.


Is it as easy as I imagine, that I only will have to

    unscrew the old board
    put on the wifi card
    screw in the boart
    insert the smartcard


and then the stored system would simply run again?
Has a motherboard already a built in bios that's  automatically loaded, so the system of the smart card will start on the first start?

Thanks for your help, hirschferkel

Title: Re: OPNsense Varia AMD APU2C4 broke - Replace with APU2D2?
Post by: franco on August 28, 2019, 03:32:25 pm

I'd go with a newer APU board if you look for a simple replacement. Just make sure the cooler is attached to the frame again so it doesn't burn out while new.


Cheers,
Franco

Title: Re: OPNsense Varia AMD APU2C4 broke - Replace with APU2D2?
Post by: hirschferkel on August 28, 2019, 04:22:24 pm

That's really wired.

I tried to restart the router about 10 times. It did not work.

Then I thought I would check the SD-Cards on the Mac, inserted it and it was not recogized. It was the machine wehere I applied the 19.7 Nanoimage. I rearanged the SD-Card to be recognized again.

I inserted it into the router.... and: It started!

Here is the message from the log after first restart. The message did not come up with further restarts.

 

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opnsense: /usr/local/etc/rc.bootup: The command '/usr/local/bin/rrdtool update /var/db/rrd/opt2-packets.rrd N:U:U:U:U:U:U:U:U' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ERROR: /var/db/rrd/opt2-packets.rrd: illegal attempt to u…

Title: Re: OPNsense Varia AMD APU2C4 broke - Replace with APU2D2?
Post by: franco on August 30, 2019, 03:53:38 pm

See other thread. Power was probably lost and file system corrupted. UFS is very allergic to this.


Cheers,
Franco

Title: Re: OPNsense Varia AMD APU2C4 broke - Replace with APU2D2?
Post by: miroco on September 02, 2019, 02:07:19 pm

A difference between the apu2c and apu2d revisions.

Update apu2d: Reduce leakage current between V3 and V3A power rails (can cause problems with SD cards). Add options for better compatibility with LTE modem modules.

https://www.pcengines.ch/apu2d4.htm

miroco