Which SFP module for Netgate 6100 is recommended/approved

ericafterdark

Which SFP module is recommended for the Netgate 6100?

I have gigabit symmetrical connectivity and the fiber can be connected directly to the Netgate.

My ISP has the following requirements:

TX 1310 nm, RX 1490/1550 nm
Singlemode Fiber (9/125) with LC/APC (green) connector.

keyser

@eirikrcoquere said in Which SFP module for Netgate 6100 is recommended/approved:

Which SFP module is recommended for the Netgate 6100?

I have gigabit symmetrical connectivity and the fiber can be connected directly to the Netgate.

My ISP has the following requirements:

TX 1310 nm, RX 1490/1550 nm
Singlemode Fiber (9/125) with LC/APC (green) connector.

We meet again :-)

Unfortunately there is no official supported list that contains single strand BiDi (1000base-BX10/20) trancievers.

My SG-2100 currently runs on a “china” 1000base-bx20 SFP that emulates a Intel tranciever - no issues.

I also have a official 1000base-bx10 3com tranciever that works fine in the SG-2100

I have yet to try them in my SG-6100 as it’s currently on another line waiting to substitute the SG-2100 once pfSense+ 22.01 is released and I can complete a ZFS based install.

I have ordered a 1000base-bx20 tranciever from flexoptical that emulates HPE/Aruba. I look forward to trying that one out. It won’t be used in my Firewall though, it’s a backup to connect the line to my Aruba Switch for setting up a WAN vlan “just in case”.

ericafterdark

@keyser hah it’s a small world!

Good to know tho. I think I’ll first try the one coming with the AVM FRITZ!Box 5530 which is the default router provided by my ISP.

stephenw10

I have some generic LC BiDi modules I use for testing that work in the 6100.

In the combo port the PHY is wired to be 1G only so they don't show as fibre:

[22.01-RC][admin@6100-2.stevew.lan]/root: ifconfig -vvm ix2
ix2: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	description: WAN2
	options=8138b8<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER>
	capabilities=f53fbb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,NETMAP,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
	ether 90:ec:77:0f:74:44
	inet6 fe80::92ec:77ff:fe0f:7444%ix2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7
	media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex,rxpause,txpause>)
	status: active
	supported media:
		media autoselect
		media 10baseT/UTP
		media 100baseTX
		media 1000baseT
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>

In the 10G SPF port it shows as:

[22.01-RC][admin@6100.stevew.lan]/root: ifconfig -vvm ix1
ix1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	description: IX1
	options=8138b8<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER>
	capabilities=f53fbb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,NETMAP,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
	ether 00:08:a2:12:17:7f
	inet6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe12:177f%ix1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
	inet 192.168.79.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.79.255
	media: Ethernet autoselect (Unknown <rxpause,txpause>)
	status: active
	supported media:
		media autoselect
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
	plugged: SFP/SFP+/SFP28 1000BASE-LX (LC)
	vendor: OEM PN: SFP-GE-BX03-U SN: NV20200713016 DATE: 2020-07-14
	module temperature: 29.84 C Voltage: 3.32 Volts
	RX: 0.17 mW (-7.60 dBm) TX: 0.08 mW (-10.57 dBm)

Steve