X552/X557-AT and 5GBASE-T
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I am trying to use an X10SDV-6C+-TLN4F as my motherboard for my pfsense build along with my bgw320-505 which has a 5GBASE-T port but the issue is that the negotiated speed is only 1000BASE-T.
This seems like a driver issue since the X552/X557-AT can negotiate at 5GBASE-T in other OSes.Any ideas or recommendations to get the X552/X557-AT to run at 5GBASE-T?
Thank you,
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@daredevilbear said in X552/X557-AT and 5GBASE-T:
I am trying to use an X10SDV-6C+-TLN4F as my motherboard for my pfsense build along with my bgw320-505 which has a 5GBASE-T port but the issue is that the negotiated speed is only 1000BASE-T.
In my eyes all is fine then, on your setup!
Mainboard: (X10SDV-6C+-TLN4F)
Dual LAN with Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM2
Dual LAN with Supports 10Base-T, 100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T, RJ45 output
SoC Dual 10GbE Controller
Single LAN with 1 Realtek RTL8211E PHY (dedicated IPMI)10 GBe Ports onboard: (Intel Ethernet X557-AT)
It supports 100Base-T, 1000Base-T, 10GBase-TModem: (ARRIS BGW320)
ONT port
4x 1 GBit/s ethernet ports with 100/1000 MBit/s
1x 5 GBit/s ethernet port with 100/1000/5000 MBit/sSo if I am not wrong with this, the Arris is able to connect
to the 10 GBe ports from the mainboard SoC only with 1
GBit/s and not with 5 GB, because it is not supported on
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You are correct the ARRIS BGW320 does not support 10GBase-T. It looks like it was my misunderstanding on Intel Ark that Intel Ethernet X557-AT could support 5GBase-T. I thought it did. I will need to keep with my current connection by using an RJ-45 to SFP+ that supports 5GBase-T with my Mellanox card.
Thank you for looking into this.
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There are very few NICs that support 5G in FreeBSD. As you say the hardware itself appears capable so a newer driver may help there. Are you running 2.6? Try a 2.7 snapshot if you can. Or upgrade to 23.01. Both a are built on FreeBSD head so have the most recent driver.
Steve
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Currently on 2.6 but will try 2.7.
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@daredevilbear said in X552/X557-AT and 5GBASE-T:
Currently on 2.6 but will try 2.7.
If you get success you may be perhaps report it here,
would be nice to hear something about from you.
It is not a seldom question
