SOHO hardware with support for 5 & 10 Gbit/s fibre.

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June 23, 2025, 12:29:21 PM Last Edit: June 23, 2025, 12:57:04 PM by MoonbeamFrame
XGS-PON is becoming available from my service providers and I have started to look for hardware to facilitate migration to these services.

While I can find hardware with combinations of 2.5Gbit/s copper with SPF+, I am yet to find much in the SOHO market with 10Gbit/s copper with SPF+.

Does anyone have any recommendations for hardware that will run OPNsense?
June 23, 2025, 12:35:00 PM #1
I would have a look at the Mikrotik catalogue. Their products are "keenly priced" and capable.
June 23, 2025, 01:06:57 PM #2
What about the Official HW? DEC
https://shop.opnsense.com/

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June 23, 2025, 04:28:08 PM #3 Last Edit: June 23, 2025, 06:01:43 PM by MoonbeamFrame
Quote from: Seimus on June 23, 2025, 01:06:57 PMWhat about the Official HW? DEC

I did look, but there do not appear to be any with 10Gbit/s copper ports. So the only option would be 4 x SFP+

Copper SFP+ modules run very hot.
July 20, 2025, 12:47:31 PM #4
Quote from: MoonbeamFrame on June 23, 2025, 12:29:21 PMXGS-PON is becoming available from my service providers and I have started to look for hardware to facilitate migration to these services.

While I can find hardware with combinations of 2.5Gbit/s copper with SPF+, I am yet to find much in the SOHO market with 10Gbit/s copper with SPF+.

Does anyone have any recommendations for hardware that will run OPNsense?

I run 25gbps internet on MS-A2 9955hx. In past used 14700, non-k version.

Important consideration is the network card that you will use. E810 or Connect4-x Lx both work great for me.

I get 25gbps routing performance out of OpenSense easily on 8 cores
July 20, 2025, 01:32:29 PM #5
Quote from: MoonbeamFrame on June 23, 2025, 12:29:21 PMXGS-PON

XGS-PON is a PITA and you might need a bridge in front of OPNsense.
If not, you could simply get a XGS-PON SFP+ module (again, please check with your ISP, I have seen the weirdest stuff when it comes to XGS-PON) and either an old SSF PC with a SFP+ NIC or something like the DEC740 from OPNsense.

In general, despite some very recently announced and I think still unavailable Intel NICs, 10Gbit copper uses way more power and is way more expensive than fiber or DAC.
July 20, 2025, 04:44:13 PM #6
Thanking all of you that have responded.

My interim solution has been to terminate the copper from both the ONT's onto one of my Unifi switches.
Then trunk the traffic to the OPNsense box via SFP+/DAC.
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