So my freind upgraded his network to 2.5gb and has been having trouble with pfsense and opnsense. found out it could be his realtek nic in his dell optiplex router. any cheap 4 port 2.5gb nic’s he can try? He can use 2 - 2 port NICs if he must.
So my freind upgraded his network to 2.5gb and has been having trouble with pfsense and opnsense. found out it could be his realtek nic in his dell optiplex router. any cheap 4 port 2.5gb nic’s he can try? He can use 2 - 2 port NICs if he must.
I know I’m not being completely helpful.
I’m assuming VLANs are not an option for him?
Layer 3 switches are expensive but also allows for network growth.
I have 2 x 10gb SFPs, one for WAN and one for LAN.
My core switch is a Unifi Enterprise 24 PoE. Not cheap and also not a true layer 3 switch, but close enough for my work.
Edit: here is a 2 x Intel based nic https://www.qnap.com/en/product/qxg-2g2t-i225/specs/hardware