QNAP QXG-5GxT-111C | Marvell Aquantia AQ111-C

[edwaleni]

Has anyone used the QNAP QXG-5GxT-111C with Untangle?

This is a 4 port NBASE-T PCIe adapter that supports 100Mb/1G/2.5G/5Gb Ethernet using the Aquantia AQ-111C chipset.

It requires a PCIe Gen 3.0 4x slot.

Linux support for Aquantia goes back to 2019 prior to their purchase by Marvell.

https://www.qnap.com/en-us/product/q...specs/hardware

The install notes say this:

This driver supports the linux kernels >= 3.10,
and includes support for x86_64 and ARM Linux system.

I checked the Debian (Buster) compat list and it is not listed as a certified chipset, but Ubuntu does have the AQ-10x series confirmed.

I searched this blog and don't see any applications or attempts, so i thought I would ask.

[edwaleni]

https://linux-hardware.org/?id=pci:1d6a-11b1-1baa-87b5

Shows current kernel support starting with 4.16, but with Untangle, you have to check their specific builds.

[jcoffin]

Looks like there is no driver for Debian, just Ubuntu so it will not work with Untangle.

[edwaleni]

The Linux driver is not distro specific it appears, Ubuntu simply included in their build.

The driver and the source is located here:

https://us1.qnap.com/Storage/QXG/Lin....2.6.0.178.zip

I also found this instruction for Debian.

Install driver on Debian\Ubuntu using atlantic-x.y.z.deb
------------------------------------------------------------
1. Make sure you have all the environment to build standalone kernel module. Execute the commands:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

2. Move the atlantic-x.y.z.deb file to the directory of your choice. For example,
use /home/username/aquantia.

3. Execute the commands:
cd /home/username/aquantia
sudo apt-get install ./atlantic-x.y.z.deb

After this driver will be installed.
(You can check this via "dpkg -l | grep -i atlantic")

4. Uninstall the driver:
Run the following commands:
sudo dpkg -P atlantic

[edwaleni]

According to this the Marvell Aquantia driver is included in Debian Buster, but must be enabled.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...-aqc111-driver

There is no specifc driver for the AQC-111 chipset ID'ed on this QNAP card, it appears it uses the AQC-107 to initialize the interfaces. I will give it a run and see what happens.

The instructions I posted earlier is after you run a makedeb.sh script. The Marvell docs didn't specify that.

[jcoffin]

Your link is to the USB drivers, not PCI. Either way, it is not standard package of Debian so it will not be in Untangle NGFW.

[donhwyo]

What about 17.0 on bullseye?

[edwaleni]

It appears the "official" release is only at 2.2.9 which was the last release pre-Marvell.

Github shows that the driver set is up to 2.5.3 and is listed as experimental. (last update 4 months ago)

https://github.com/Aquantia/AQtion

The driver in this release is compatible with ethernet adapters based on:
- AQC-100,
- AQC-107,
- AQC-108,
- AQC-109,
- AQC-111,
- AQC-112,
- AQC-113.

According to this:

https://linux-hardware.org/?id=pci:1d6a-11b1-1458-e000

It works in Debian 10.

[edwaleni]

This adapter works with no issues with Untangle in its current release, you just have to do the following once the card is installed.

- Log into your Untangle console.
- Bring up a terminal window
- enter 'lspci' and you will see 4 new Ethernet Controllers
- all say "Aquantia Corp. AQC111 NBase-T/IEEE 802.3bz Ethernet Controller [AQtion] (rev 02)
- enter 'modinfo atlantic' to show the driver is available
- You should get a text of the driver and its description, location and version and where Debian stores it
- in the Terminal, enter 'modprobe -v atlantic' to activate the driver
- if the port is cabled to a NBase switch, you will see the status lights come on
- Run an "ip a" to get your link status and the right ethernet port that is used
- Run 'ethtool ethX | grep -i speed' where X is your ethernet port and depending on your NBase switch, it will read out "5000Mbps"
- You can exit the console now and bring up the web admin interface
- Go to the network manager, and check the ethX port and it should say "Speed = 5 Gbit" and "Duplex=Full-duplex"
- You should be able to map the interface to the purpose you desire.

[edwaleni]

FWIW:

Debian 11 and Ubuntu and their later flavors all recognize this adapter and load the kernel drivers at boot.

I can only assume that Debian didn't activate the driver at boot due to a dearth of NBase switches at the time of release and decided to let people activate the driver themselves if required.

But while Debian 10 identifies the adapter with just a continuation of ethernet interfaces, eth2, eth3, eth4 etc.

Debian 11 and Ubuntu identify them as enosp2, enosp3, enosp4, etc.

So I am sure when Untangle comes out with their next release, all of these interface names will change in the network manager.