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I'm going rj45 no SFP, SFP+ or so on yet and not for a long time

Thanks for all the info so far so here is maybe a plan.


My office PC is an i5-12400 with 32 GB DDR4 3200 MHz on a Gigabyte B660 D3H, which already has an Intel i226-V NIC. So all I really need is to add another Intel-based network card and I'm sorted for OPNsense.

In short, I'll upgrade my own PC — maybe to an i5-14400 or even a mini-PC — since I don't have to worry about Intel NIC compatibility there. The OPNsense box needs Intel NICs because they just work best, especially on the WAN side.

Using my 12400 for OPNsense should give me great performance for everything I plan to run, and adding another i226-V or similar Intel NIC will be more than enough.

I'm mainly looking at upgrading my workstation because I need a better iGPU than what the 12400 offers for other tasks.


So if someone can maybe give me an amazon link to a really cheap intel lan card even if it's a single port i226-v. I heard there's so many fake cards out there.

yes I would prefer not to have any realtek NIC as I tried before and to many issues when using it on the wan side

I run a Beelink ME mini as a small NAS and I am very satisfied with the unit.

They have a variety of models, something like the EQ14 N150 might fit your requirements. If you pick the 2x 2.5 Gbit/s model you get Intel based network interfaces, 16 GB of memory, 500 GB of SSD - at 229 USD total.

HTH,
Patrick

thanks for the reply. will that n150 be enough for what I want to do? if a n150 is good enough for my usage case then I might as well get this. The pc will be in a server room with aircon on all the time

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Hi there

Currently using untangle free version on an old i3 maching. I want to move to OPNsense and looking for something inexpensive. I'm from South Africa so can order from local and amazon.com so no ebay or aliexpress please.

We will be running either suricata, zenarmor (free version) or both so what do you guys suggest. I will also be doing ssl inspection. We don't have many workstations only about 6-7 of them but we are running vlans for cameras, phones, workstations, servers (about 4 servers), IoT. I also want to do SSL inspection and dns filtering using unbound and also ip address list I will add to the firewall. So can anyone suggest me a pc with dual intel lan cards.

Internet is 300mbps down and 150mbps upload might be faster in the near future to like 1Gbps or faster. I want to go as cheap as possible.

I don't mind if it's not fanless. I'm doing router on a stick as it's easier to manage with the switches I have and so far working great