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English Forums => Hardware and Performance => Topic started by: spetrillo on July 25, 2021, 09:22:22 pm

Title: 2.5 Gig NICs and OPNsense
Post by: spetrillo on July 25, 2021, 09:22:22 pm

Hello all,

Has anyone started playing with the 2.5 gig NICs and are there ones that work with OPNsense? I do not see an Intel variant that is out on a PCI card but do see some Realtek versions.

Thanks,
Steve

Title: Re: 2.5 Gig NICs and OPNsense
Post by: lilsense on July 26, 2021, 07:31:56 pm

Generally, 2.5 is for desktops and workstations... I'd recommend sticking with 10G...

to add to this: it's best to get a 2.5Gig switch with a 10G interface and connect the OPNsense to it.

Title: Re: 2.5 Gig NICs and OPNsense
Post by: etaggart65 on August 06, 2021, 03:59:42 am

I just installed an Intel 550-T2 which supports 2.5gbe.

My cable modem status light indicates a 2.5gbe link (Secomm ES2251 - Spectrum)

However, Opnsense (21.7.1) reports link state of - Unknown <rxpause,txpause>

It seems to be working fine but it would be nice to get the link state reporting correctly

Title: Re: 2.5 Gig NICs and OPNsense
Post by: tuto2 on August 06, 2021, 09:00:13 am

Quote from: etaggart65 on August 06, 2021, 03:59:42 am

However, Opnsense (21.7.1) reports link state of - Unknown <rxpause,txpause>

It seems to be working fine but it would be nice to get the link state reporting correctly

Please keep in mind that this is the responsibility of the underlying driver correctly hooking into the kernel and specifying the current media type, this has little to do with OPNsense.

Cheers,

Stephan

Title: Re: 2.5 Gig NICs and OPNsense
Post by: etaggart65 on August 07, 2021, 04:40:30 am

I realise that.

The bsd-hardware.info site does list the x550-T2 as supported, however it doesn’t seem to report the link speed and duplex 2.5GBASE-T

https://bsd-hardware.info/?id=pci:8086-1563-8086-0001

Title: Re: 2.5 Gig NICs and OPNsense
Post by: Wirehead on August 07, 2021, 01:06:38 pm

I'm using RTL8125B on an Odroid H2+, they work fine on opnsense. I have a 1gbit WAN connection and I can saturate it.

Title: Re: 2.5 Gig NICs and OPNsense
Post by: etaggart65 on August 08, 2021, 08:28:46 pm

It reports the 10Gbe link correctly, just not the 2.5Gbe.

Title: Re: 2.5 Gig NICs and OPNsense
Post by: franco on August 09, 2021, 09:45:11 am

It reads the "media:" tag of your ifconfig... I suppose it's empty for the 2.5G:

# ifconfig | grep media:


Cheers,
Franco