Question: thunderbolt 3 networking support

[RedMercury]

In my next home lab buildout I’m planning on having a couple of Intel NUCs with thunderbolt 3 (TB3), one for opnsense and one running TrueNAS.  I could connnect my TrueNAS to my core switch with a TB3 10gbe nic, but I was wondering if it would be more efficient to use TB3 networking to connect my TrueNAS box directly to my opnsense NUC and have that form a part of a lan bridge.  Pros are reduced heat, less dongles, etc.

Does opnsense support TB3 networking?

[Vilhonator]

I'm not sure about this, but I think opnsense does support it as long as interface cards drivers you install is supported by FreeBSD.

To my knowledge, there are no hardware limitations on opnsense outside of what is supported by FreeBSD, other than on models sold in the official store (if the model doesn't have physical expansion slot for it, you can't install the card).

So if there are drivers available for the same or older FreeBSD OS than OpnSense uses, then it should be supported at least in theory.