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when shopping for a new router OS moving from clearOS. i ended up here with opnsense. opnsense was not tuned very well for 10GBe traffic. on my lan side. knowing that my system has more than enough power to handle it. hp z840 with 2x 2690v4 cpus x 128gb of mem. 4x intel x710-da2 !)GBe & cards 1 Silicom PE2G6I35-CX 6-Port 1GBe. i already knew it would max out on clearOS.

so i followed the setup here for multi-gigabit internet. this managed to get my full speed across my network

OPNsense 24.7.7-amd64

this is the card i got intel i226 chipset

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZ94FWV6?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

for my larger 10gbe lan side i use hpe 562sfp+

https://www.ebay.com/itm/375768000195?_skw=hpe+562sfp%2B&itmmeta=01JC2DKVXSKNFTWW3CZZX8204D&hash=item577d84a6c3:g:Zy0AAOSwXv1nKm9i&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA0HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKnVJUX5lzyiafN3f4QF3c6Fskcm0CSqVyBEJRyeYyWsxXpy04MCv5TyfT%2F%2Bn1cSI99IkOvd3jI%2FVEgU6lpeTGDvZIT11mrbDbM0l2mlvLxEmG15ojm8f9KxrHEoaCW4%2FKrDNz2zwKkpDXTblHEGjEndwj1s%2FOR3gz6pBBiLO5rG75MyMI2%2FjWzPMgffcBvThcJvMQiZG34vxkJwPSRkT0kDwC07LQT13TF%2FrO3lpyvdGS%2FVganZS4l4%2BuZyN18bH2s%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_6-z83gZA

for my smaller 10/100/100 i use Silicom PE2G6I35-CX 6. the only downfall for this card it is for a server so i couldn't get it to mount. so i more or less floats a little in the slot.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/304637501161?_skw=Silicom+PE2G6I35-CX+6&epid=7003391261&itmmeta=01JC2DTKF3CQ3B44DCJGJ4J079&hash=item46edcf5ee9:g:MAgAAOSwJAxmoZPa&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKkVxVXCIWMn6CPLjmfBZb0%2FalBjsaLF8Da1MB%2FDgsNmeSKVSN3K2YeEc5SJR28Jh4%2B5D6BRLVqi7lo2w8AqadhW%2FYE4u4EGDI0oteKze%2BaHE0v72pJu2V451cLC5pDYDmGRUOnVFRa3Yyi%2BWHdzR4TgD9OEUTvoa3mGYDbfH7q1v4AiUyDML1Eh9Mu4eGOs3nRFta0mMfnTb9dSXZMPWF13fu54ywbmNdn0blRACPR55hYVIFKONZPxWot53HixLkl9hrjY0iWWanaZw9u7YTvzW6g%2BiSw8eN8PhX3U1ZsUZg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9636s3gZA

i have an intel i226 dual port got it new from amazon for $50 my 1200 mb comcast hits full speed with it.i hit around 1300 to 1400mb on that card with no problem. i went with i226 because some people reported problems with the intel i225.
i dropped that card into my system as a wan card and i have not had any problems what so ever. worked right out of the box with all default settings on the network card.

i already had applied all of these settings https://binaryimpulse.com/2022/11/opnsense-performance-tuning-for-multi-gigabit-internet/ prior to getting this card for my 10gb lan side

try these settings.
https://binaryimpulse.com/2022/11/opnsense-performance-tuning-for-multi-gigabit-internet/

i was able to get 10gb on my internal up and down. my internet isn't that great. 1200mb down and only 40mb up. but running those tuning for it. i did see a speed increase from a default install of opnsense. i was able to handle all the traffic i could throw at it without any noticeable loss in speeds. i have only been on opnsense for a couple of months coming from clearos that is completely dead but would handle full speeds without any problems. due to lack of updates for the past 2+ years i had to find a new firewall. after testing several router software out. opnsense was the winner over the others. due to having max thoughput, easy to follow and current setup guides. along with having ipv6 external support.

granted my system is beyond overkill
hpz840 with dual E5-2690 v4 cpus  160gb of ddr4 mem
1 Silicom PE2G6I35-CX 6-Port 1GBase-T Gigabit for my 10/100/1000 network connections
4 HPE 562SFP+ 10Gb dual port
1 nvidia m2000 gpu just because its slim and i could add in another network card
1 Intel I226 dual port 2.5gb