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    NBASE-T Support for Intel X550

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      Darkk
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      It's a bit of a bummer that the Intel X550-T2 is not a drop in part for latest version of pfsense without going through some hacks and tweaks. So makes me wonder are we better off going with a different card that has better support in FreeBSD? My concern is since you guys had to go through all of that just how safe is it going to be in future FreeBSD updates? I.e. removal of unsupported drivers.

      I recently purchased a couple of I350-T4V2 DELL/INTEL cards off of e-bay and about to replace my older quad NIC in my pfsense whitebox firewall when I realize because I have a paid support for pfsense plus Netgate will only transfer the TAC lite over to the new Netgate Hardware ID as one time courtesy. Lesson learned for me is to only buy one year of TAC Lite instead of two since I like to tinker hardware often.

      I'll search another thread for recommendation of a different card that will support 1,2.5,5 and 10 gig copper. Really wish consumer cable modems would have SFP+ ports which would make things alot easier. Ah well.

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        As far as I know the X550-T is the only card that supports N-Base-T and works in pfSense.

        If you know you're going to have to change your NDI you should email support in advance to check. There is some flexibility there.

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          Darkk @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10 Yep. I've opened a support ticket with Netgate and they told me will transfer the TAC Lite to a new hardware ID.

          Also looks like Intel-X710-T2L is also supported without the hacks.

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            VW_Factor @Darkk
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            @stephenw10 Yep. I've opened a support ticket with Netgate and they told me will transfer the TAC Lite to a new hardware ID.

            Also looks like Intel-X710-T2L is also supported without the hacks.

            Interesting, I wonder who you got in support. I didn't expect a response today, however I did get a response and..

            I was told this morning (after a hardware change) that Netgate would not transfer to the new NDI.

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              Darkk @VW_Factor
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              @VW_Factor said in NBASE-T Support for Intel X550:

              @stephenw10 Yep. I've opened a support ticket with Netgate and they told me will transfer the TAC Lite to a new hardware ID.

              Also looks like Intel-X710-T2L is also supported without the hacks.

              Interesting, I wonder who you got in support. I didn't expect a response today, however I did get a response and..

              I was told this morning (after a hardware change) that Netgate would not transfer to the new NDI.

              I opened a ticket with Netgate support several days ago and they said they will do it as a one time courtesy.

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