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Ok, so I tried some things. But no love.
First off; I was thinking I should fiddle around a bit "on bench" (because I can't sit very comfortably within reach of the other networking equipment and the fiber) to see if I could find something out. To my surprise ax0 was configured as 1000baseLX on boot! 🎊🥳🎉 No carrier obviously, because the fiber is on different floor.
So I plugged everything in where it should be, and - nothing. Back to "autoselect" and no carrier. I tried poking ax0 via the CLI. From autoselect to LX went as expected; nothing. Setting KX then LX worked insofar that the link showed as a-ok, but I couldn't get a DHCP lease. No biggie, I thought, it's probably some ISP shenanigans with not allowing multiple leases on the same line or some such. Just release the lease on the USG and re-acquire on DEC. NOPE! No more DHCP leases for me!
Ok - maybe OPNSense does something when doing things via the GUI? Reboot - fiddle with the GUI - no DHCP 🤬
So now I'm actually one step further away from a working device than I was before 😭 Contemplating trying to get a different SFP module. I know (from work) that they can be a bit temperamental at times, but my searches for a replacement have been - ambiguous. (https://www.fs.com/eu-en/products/20140.html?attribute=10440&id=3952148 is probably ok? According to the spec sheet it shouldn't burn out the ISP side at least 😉) Or maybe getting a "dumb" media converter. But I'd really prefer to use the SFP port on the DEC for internet so I can have both my 2 port LAGG and a dedicated management port, which I've already tentatively configured. Can someone suggest a resonable course of action? I'm really at my wits end here, I feel.
(Using the ISP supplied media converter is - problematic. It's screwed onto the wall in a relatively bad spot, and has been partially painted over. I'm not keen on having to re-paint the walls just for this 😅)
First off; I was thinking I should fiddle around a bit "on bench" (because I can't sit very comfortably within reach of the other networking equipment and the fiber) to see if I could find something out. To my surprise ax0 was configured as 1000baseLX on boot! 🎊🥳🎉 No carrier obviously, because the fiber is on different floor.
So I plugged everything in where it should be, and - nothing. Back to "autoselect" and no carrier. I tried poking ax0 via the CLI. From autoselect to LX went as expected; nothing. Setting KX then LX worked insofar that the link showed as a-ok, but I couldn't get a DHCP lease. No biggie, I thought, it's probably some ISP shenanigans with not allowing multiple leases on the same line or some such. Just release the lease on the USG and re-acquire on DEC. NOPE! No more DHCP leases for me!
Ok - maybe OPNSense does something when doing things via the GUI? Reboot - fiddle with the GUI - no DHCP 🤬
So now I'm actually one step further away from a working device than I was before 😭 Contemplating trying to get a different SFP module. I know (from work) that they can be a bit temperamental at times, but my searches for a replacement have been - ambiguous. (https://www.fs.com/eu-en/products/20140.html?attribute=10440&id=3952148 is probably ok? According to the spec sheet it shouldn't burn out the ISP side at least 😉) Or maybe getting a "dumb" media converter. But I'd really prefer to use the SFP port on the DEC for internet so I can have both my 2 port LAGG and a dedicated management port, which I've already tentatively configured. Can someone suggest a resonable course of action? I'm really at my wits end here, I feel.
(Using the ISP supplied media converter is - problematic. It's screwed onto the wall in a relatively bad spot, and has been partially painted over. I'm not keen on having to re-paint the walls just for this 😅)
