My fiber ISP has offered an upgrade from 1.0Gb/s to 2.0Gb/s for literally 10/Mo. Is there a NBase-t 2.5/5.0 card supported yet that isn't $300? Every thread I found was 1 year or so old.
I'm using a dell 7030 for my OPNsense box and it's LAN side and the rest of my important wired network is 10Gb/s, with Mellanox ConnectX-3 cards.
I appreciate any help or comments.
Intel i225 is supported now
Other option would be to use vlans to bring wan in over the 10gbe rather than giving it a dedicated NIC ( but that would mean your switch would need to be able to handle a 2.5gbe connection )
I went with this nic, https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08FB83C1H/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08FB83C1H/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) I guess we'll see if it works. I have T1700G-28TQ switches which I'm pretty sure won't do 2.5Gb/s.
As a follow up, this card worked great. No mucking around, it just connected at 2.5Gbs and now I'm seeing throughput of 2.2Gbs.
Hi,
I just installed the Intel I225 in my box and I'm not getting the 2.5Gbs speeds, only around 710Mbps speeds. Did you have to do anything to get the proper speeds after installing the card?
disregard, I figured it out. IDS/IPS was dropping speeds.