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nice work! thanks.

I will wait a couple of days to see if there are any issues then i will go to upgrade my nics.

Here is my NIC data:

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igc0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x020000 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x125c subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0000
igc1@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x020000 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x125c subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0000
igc2@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x125c subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0000

[1] igc0: <Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V> mem 0x80800000-0x808fffff,0x80900000-0x80903fff at device 0.0 on pci1
[1] igc0: EEPROM V2.17-0 eTrack 0x80000308
[1] igc0: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors
[1] igc0: Using 4 RX queues 4 TX queues
[1] igc0: Using MSI-X interrupts with 5 vectors
[1] igc0: Ethernet address:
[1] igc0: netmap queues/slots: TX 4/1024, RX 4/1024
[1] igc1: <Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V> mem 0x80600000-0x806fffff,0x80700000-0x80703fff at device 0.0 on pci2
[1] igc1: EEPROM V2.17-0 eTrack 0x80000308
[1] igc1: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors
[1] igc1: Using 4 RX queues 4 TX queues
[1] igc1: Using MSI-X interrupts with 5 vectors
[1] igc1: Ethernet address:
[1] igc1: netmap queues/slots: TX 4/1024, RX 4/1024
[1] igc2: <Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V> mem 0x80400000-0x804fffff,0x80500000-0x80503fff at device 0.0 on pci3
[1] igc2: EEPROM V2.17-0 eTrack 0x80000308
[1] igc2: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors
[1] igc2: Using 4 RX queues 4 TX queues
[1] igc2: Using MSI-X interrupts with 5 vectors
[1] igc2: Ethernet address:
[1] igc2: netmap queues/slots: TX 4/1024, RX 4/1024
[26] igc2: promiscuous mode enabled


Following. I think I have the same miniPC as you with the same nics

Another idea....

I have just bought a topton miniPC from aliexpress, N150 with 3x i226-v and 2x 82599ES.

I added a tplink switch with 4x 2.5Gbps PoE + 1x 2.5Gbps non PoE and 1x 10Gbps SFP.

8x 2.5Gbps ports in total.

Both cost me USD 272,95

With a 500€ budget you can buy that setup twice. And have one as spare/stand by in case of any issue.

hi, i checked and i have i226-V  with 2.17-0 firmware. OPNsense 25.7-amd64. FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p1

i am having issues with dhcp in i226-v ports exactly like this thread:
https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=47151.msg237219#msg237219

do you think going with other drivers could solve it?

thanks.

EDIT: I am sorry, the hardware is actually working fine, i tried the connection with a laptop with ubuntu and DHCP set an ip immediately. It seems it's my macbook pro which don't want to work...

Thanks. I am just a beginner in the networking world so I don't expect to use super fancy features for now... just basic filtering and enhanced security from typical consumer home network.

But who knows... maybe in the future... but always you can upgrade your gear.

If only one fiber cable, then is it .1q?
.1q to fw (1 cable) will always mean 1/2 iface for total bandwidth. But 5G is still 2x that of the copper 2.5G.

I myself like the one cable design, less mess.

Get the i3 fan version. The fan is silent during the day. At night you might hear a slight fan.
https://www.amazon.com/Firewall-Hardware-82599ES-OPNsense-Appliance/dp/B0F7QR8KLQ
When my needs get to that level, i'll replace my N150 for i3 version.

Funny how they added description like that, but the i3-N305 is dual mem channel capable, significantly way better than single mem channel N150.

Precisely, I am getting this box with the N150, and I plan to connect a switch with the 10G SFP+ port

The switch has 4x 2.5G Poe ports + 1 2.5G non Poe + 1x 10G SFP+

I also plan to connect wifi7 APs to Switch Poe Ports

I should have selected the i3 version or I will be fine with the N150?

Hi! new member here! Sorry for using this thread but I am just pulling the trigger on a Topton 2x10Gbps SFP + 3x2,5Gbps eth i-226 N150 8GB DDR5 128GB Nvme.

I wonder if 8GB DDR5 is just enough for home use. I plan to use it same way the original post of this thread.

thanks!