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Yeap bridging VLANs isn't really the right move here- it tends to break things more than fix them
What you actually need is to let the VLANs "see" each other not merge them. Steam uses local discovery so even if routing works the PCs won't find each other without multicast/broadcast passing through.

So in simple terms:

-Keep VLANs as they are
-Allow traffic between them in firewall
-Enable something like mDNS repeater / multicast forwarding on your router

If your router doesn't support that honestly the easiest way is just to put the gaming PCs in the same VLAN when you're downloading stuff

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mDNS/multicast forwarding is the key here. Bridging VLANs causes headaches; better to keep segmentation and just enable proper discovery between networks!

Yes, because many network drivers implicitely buffer packets, especially small ACK packets. When there is already ongoing traffic, those packets can be piggybacked onto existing data packets.

In most OSes and many drivers, you can tune settings as to what and how this buffering is done. The immediate push of packets incurs a higher interrupt load.

You can look if there are any tuneables for your specific adapter in FreeBSD.

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Tuning driver buffering can balance latency and CPU load. Worth experimenting with FreeBSD adapter settings to find the best trade-off!

Given the base is working software, not a development from scratch, I can understand that the release pattern does not follow a conventional cycle such as one might read in Wikipedia. I interpret development as a form of beta which is yet changing for reasons other than bugs. Community I accept as an advanced stable release which may yet have bugs which are fixed under _NN releases. Business is a supported stable release which might be called long term except that its term is not long.

Opnsense is not the only operation to follow a pattern like this, nor the only forum in which it is argued. I think that the conventional namings from alpha through gold, including the word beta, confuse the issue by their prior connotations.

We have a stable base product. On that there is a development offshoot. When that is feature-complete (for this phase) and stable it becomes Community, field testing more advanced features ahead of the low-risk business edition.

The clear implication is that there are three levels of risk for the consumers who must themselves share the risk management as discussed, firstly by selecting in which level they will join and secondly by their own testing and timing of upgrades on one or more of their own systems. Personally I use select Community then upgrade (always with snapshots) through "Does it work for a few hours?" on a reserve box to "Does it work for a few days?" on an internal production box to "Here we go" on the edge router.

In most ecosystems, I would still interpret "Development" as experimental/beta, "Community" as production-ready with faster feature rollouts, and "Business" as hardened/LTS for mission-critical environments. This is similar to how many companies like generative ai development https://artjoker.net approach phased delivery and stabilization of a product for customers. So your interpretation makes sense; the naming is just not perfectly consistent across projects.

That's a sensible breakdown! Clear risk tiers, staged upgrades, and real-world testing beat confusing "alpha/beta" labels any day.

Sounds like a Proxmox disk passthrough or partition table issue. Try wiping the disk (GPT/MBR) completely before reinstalling OPNsense 26.1.2.