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Take the EEPID and REPLACES out of the cfg file, these are optional cfg parameters.

When it fails, what is the exit code?
https://edc.intel.com/content/www/us/en/design/products/ethernet/adapters-and-devices-user-guide/intel-ethernet-nvm-update-tool/#command-line-parameters

I'm sorry, I don't understand how to generate the exit code

Took the optional out of the cfg and even tried -sv and it still gave the same error. Redownloaded .bin, and still same issue.

Hi. since all the firewall changes things broke and I'm struggling to find a guide that makes it clear how to force everything through the tunnel using the current naming convention and GUI.

Followed this guide https://blog.ssb-tech.net/posts/airvpn-on-opnsense/ in the past and had zero issues but now I'm deep in the weeds.

Very basic setup of one IP range and one tunnel - which is up. DNS stuff seems well handled by this guide https://paulsorensen.io/dnscrypt-adguard-home-opnsense/

Thanks to both writers and thanks in advance

What does the inventory output say? Why is the device tagged with a Micro Star subvendor?

Trying to flash a MSI Cubi NUC 1M, 2x I226-V on board so I guess that makes them the correct subvendor?

Full inventory:

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Config file will not be read.
Inventory
[00:088:00:00]: Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V
Alternate MAC address is not set.
Flash inventory started.
Shadow RAM inventory started.
Shadow RAM inventory finished.
Flash inventory finished.
OROM inventory started.
OROM inventory finished.
[00:089:00:00]: Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V
Alternate MAC address is not set.
Flash inventory started.
Shadow RAM inventory started.
Shadow RAM inventory finished.
Flash inventory finished.
OROM inventory started.
OROM inventory finished.
[00:088:00:00]: Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V
Vendor                 : 8086
Device                 : 125C
Subvendor              : 1462
Subdevice              : B0B1
Revision               : 4
LAN MAC                : D843AEB4FB21
Alt MAC                : 000000000000
SAN MAC                : 000000000000
ETrackId               : 80000397
SerialNumber           : D843AEFFFFB4FB21
NVM Version            : 2.35(2.23)
PBA                    : G23456-000
VPD status             : Not set
VPD size               : 0
NVM update             : No config file entry
  checksum             : Valid
OROM update            : No config file entry
  CIVD                 : 0.0.0
  EFI                  : 0.1.5, checksum None
[00:089:00:00]: Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V
Vendor                 : 8086
Device                 : 125C
Subvendor              : 1462
Subdevice              : B0B1
Revision               : 4
LAN MAC                : D843AEB4FB22
Alt MAC                : 000000000000
SAN MAC                : 000000000000
ETrackId               : 80000397
SerialNumber           : D843AEFFFFB4FB22
NVM Version            : 2.35(2.23)
PBA                    : G23456-000
VPD status             : Not set
VPD size               : 0
NVM update             : No config file entry
  checksum             : Valid
OROM update            : No config file entry
  CIVD                 : 0.0.0
  EFI                  : 0.1.5, checksum None

@and,

Please list your cfg file.

This one?

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CURRENT FAMILY: 1.0.0
CONFIG VERSION: 1.20.0

; NIC device
BEGIN DEVICE
DEVICENAME: Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V
VENDOR: 8086
DEVICE: 125C
SUBVENDOR: 1462
SUBDEVICE: b0b1
NVM IMAGE: FXVL_125C_V_2MB_2.32.bin
EEPID: 80000422
RESET TYPE: REBOOT
REPLACES: 80000397
END DEVICE

Hi, have an MSI box with 2x i226-v onboard

Current NVM is 2.23 etrack is 80000397 and it's not listed on the github but ITT it's reported as being a 2MB so got that version and this happens:

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./nvmupdate64e -b -l nvm.log -m D843AEB4FB21 -f -u -c nvm.cfg

Config file read.
Error:   Failed to load FXVL_125C_V_2MB_2.32.bin. Please verify if the file is valid.
This is the nvm.cfg

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CURRENT FAMILY: 1.0.0
CONFIG VERSION: 1.20.0

; NIC device
BEGIN DEVICE
DEVICENAME: Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V
VENDOR: 8086
DEVICE: 125C
SUBVENDOR: 1462
SUBDEVICE: b0b1
NVM IMAGE: FXVL_125C_V_2MB_2.32.bin
EEPID: 80000422
RESET TYPE: REBOOT
REPLACES: 80000397
END DEVICE
Tried the 1MB:

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./nvmupdate64e -b -l nvm.log -m D843AEB4FB21 -f -u -c nvm.cfg

Config file read.
Inventory
[00:088:00:00]: Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V
Alternate MAC address is not set.
Flash inventory started.
Shadow RAM inventory started.
Shadow RAM inventory finished.
Flash inventory finished.
OROM inventory started.
OROM inventory finished.
Update
[00:088:00:00]: Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V
Creating backup images in directory: D843AEB4FB21.
Backup images created.
Flash update started.
Error:    Flash update failed.
Device update failed.
Update security revisions
[00:088:00:00]: Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V
Skipping update minimum security revisions.
Update VPD with VPD template
[00:088:00:00]: Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V
Skipping VPD update with VPD template.
[code/]
For brevity this is half the inventory.log

[code][00:088:00:00]: Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V
Vendor                 : 8086
Device                 : 125C
Subvendor              : 1462
Subdevice              : B0B1
Revision               : 4
LAN MAC                : D843AEB4FB21
Alt MAC                : 000000000000
SAN MAC                : 000000000000
ETrackId               : 80000397
SerialNumber           : D843AEFFFFB4FB21
NVM Version            : 2.35(2.23)
PBA                    : G23456-000
VPD status             : Not set
VPD size               : 0
NVM update             : No config file entry
  checksum             : Valid
OROM update            : No config file entry
  CIVD                 : 0.0.0
  EFI                  : 0.1.5, checksum None
Any ideas? Have read the this thread in its entirety - thanks to all for the contributions, especially BrandyWine - but I appear to be the first to encounter this error

I've seen there are issues with Intel I-226v's

They're what I'm using and this tends to happen under load which seems to fit the fault profile, do others here have the same hardware?

Hi, this is still ongoing, twice today, fully updated. Only system issue I can find is

"pkg: glib has a missing dependency: python311"

Franco said "wait it out" (or words to that effect) in another thread so I assume it's not mission critical.

Is there any further information  I can provide here which may help?

Happened again here's the full log, looped out into the hundreds exactly the same

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2026-03-26T16:39:35
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 3 in 2 seconds
2026-03-26T16:39:35
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] LCP: Down event
2026-03-26T16:39:35
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
2026-03-26T16:39:35
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
2026-03-26T16:39:26
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
2026-03-26T16:39:26
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 2
2026-03-26T16:39:22
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 2 in 4 seconds
2026-03-26T16:39:22
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] LCP: Down event
2026-03-26T16:39:22
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
2026-03-26T16:39:22
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] PPPoE: can't connect "[c]:"->"mpd77824-0" and "[8]:"->"left": No such file or directory
2026-03-26T16:39:22
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 1
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
opnsense
/usr/local/etc/rc.newwanip: Failed to detect IP for interface wan
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 1 in 2 seconds
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] LCP: state change Stopping --> Starting
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] LCP: Down event
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] Link: DOWN event
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] can't remove hook mpd77824-0 from node "[c]:": No such file or directory
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] PPPoE: connection closed
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] LCP: LayerDown
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] LCP: SendTerminateReq #3
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan] IPCP: state change Closing --> Initial
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan] Bundle: No NCPs left. Closing links...
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan] IPCP: LayerFinish
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan] IPCP: Down event
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan] IFACE: Rename interface pppoe1 to pppoe1
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan] IFACE: Down event
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
ppp-linkdown: executing on pppoe1 for inet
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan] IPCP: LayerDown
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan] IPCP: SendTerminateReq #4
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan] IPCP: state change Opened --> Closing
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan] IPCP: Close event
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan] Bundle: Status update: up 0 links, total bandwidth 9600 bps
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] Link: Leave bundle "wan"
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] LCP: state change Opened --> Stopping
2026-03-26T16:39:20
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] LCP: peer not responding to echo requests


I have also been having PPPOE connection drops issues. Initially on 25.x (which I then put down as bad migration to new hardware) and today on a clean slate install of 26.1.5.

Connecting to/9 second timeout notices loop until reboot

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Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] PPPoE connection timeout after 9 seconds
2026-03-25T08:37:03
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
2026-03-25T08:37:01
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] PPPoE: can't connect "[20]:"->"mpd41942-0" and "[1b]:"->"left": No such file or directory
2026-03-25T08:36:57
Notice
ppp
[wan_link0] PPPoE: connection closed
2026-03-25T08:36:57
Notice
ppp
[wan] IFACE: Rename interface pppoe1 to pppoe1
2026-03-25T08:36:57
Notice
ppp
ppp-linkdown: executing on pppoe1 for inet

As I loosely understand it: The ads in the app were served inline with the video you're trying to stream so the DNS either doesn't pick up on them or does and you get neither the video or the ad.

If you're on Android NewPipe is a good, free alternative app without served ads, you still have to listen to the in-stream plugs for Shadow Legends/NordVPN/etc. There's also a Newpipe fork with SponsorBlock built in or apparently now YouTube Vanced is another app with SB integration. Due to it not seeming any more invasive of privacy than watching the videos I'm ok with supporting the YouTubers via their sponsorship's so haven't looked into the last two.

On IoS there was an alternative front end to YouTube called Invidious which has shuttered but was FOSS so there are clones, it might be possible to set as a webapp? Only buzz I've heard though, not been hands on with the devices.

Didn't link as I haven't read the rules here properly (sorry mods!) but it's all stuff that's on the front few pages of search engines.

Hi, new here and to this level of networking equipment in general, it's been a pretty steep learning curve! Tried to search locally and on the wider internet for a solution but due to lack of correct vocabulary I'm not 100% which keywords I should be using.

The (current) aim is to have OPNsense run a VPN for the entire network while also allowing a ShieldTV (static IP) running its own VPN client through the firewall. Tried putting a pass rule in LAN to route the STV direct to WAN gateway instead of to VPN_WAN and made sure it was above the regular traffic rules, also enabled "Don't pull routes." According to the OPNsense dashboard graphs STV still goes through the main VPN tunnel and then onto the correct end point.

It works ok but it's not how I imagine it should be, anyone like to point me to the correct way?