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    Network card supporting gpon sfp ?

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      singerie
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      Hello everyone,

      I was wondering if i need a special network card to accept a gpon gbic, or a regular card should work ?

      I was thinking of this card :

      http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Intel82599ES-10Gbps-Dual-Port-PCI-E-X520-DA2-E10G42BTDA-Ethernet-Server-Adapter-/131847025316?hash=item1eb2b1f2a4:g:ZRYAAOSw-4BXXwBB

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        timotl
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        Not sure what you need for gpon, but that NIC is copper direct attach or Intel optics ONLY. (don't ask how I know)

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          singerie
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          I have FTTH at home, and eventually, I want to bypass the ONT provided by my ISP.

          i'm not there yet, this might be for next year :)

          but thanks for letting me know that this card wouldn't be compatible with a gpon gbic.

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            Keljian
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            Most SFP/SFP+ cards will handle a gpon sfp transciever.

            I'd recommend the mellanox series (Connectx-2/3)

            As for configuration - NO idea.

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              singerie
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              I finally got my hands on an sfp+ gpon

              I tried with an intel x520-da2 (with unsupported sfp=1) ? mellanox connectx-2

              both card can show up in pfsense, but i cannot make my pppoe session.

              Is there a way / specific log that i can check if the card doesn't support the sfp at all ? the console is silent when i insert the sfp in the card.

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                singerie
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                I tried my sfp in a juniper ex3300. all good, I can get a dhcp address from my ISP.

                What I think is the SFP isn't an SFP+, and both of my card are SFP+.

                The ex3300 seems to have hybrid port, supporting both SFP/SFP+.

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                  tssrshot
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                  Do you have any longer term advice regarding this GPON SFP setup? I figured you would know if it will work by now? :)

                  Do you have a link or source for the SFP itself?

                  I was thinking of using the SFP module directly into my Foundry/Brocade 1GB SFP port to make the termination, and the just pull the address on the WAN port of the PFSense (1U SuperMicro C2758) from within a single VLAN. I only have 1 PCIe slot and its got a nice 10GB SFP+ card init I'd like to keep if I can help it.

                  Did you have issue otherwise? I think our 1GB service use PPPoE, but I can configure that easily in PFSense if the SPF does the rest.

                  Bryan

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