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    X710-t2 missing NBase-T, pfsense 2.5.2

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      Hmm, I could have been mis-remembering. This post seems to show it will correctly indicate 2.5G:
      https://forum.netgate.com/post/973940

      Maybe the cable you have isn't capable of 2.5G?

      Steve

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        jonowar
        last edited by

        @stephenw10 i tried a few different cables, I can get 10g on those cables going to my netgear managed switch.

        Anyway, the seller agreed to a refund so I'm going to try an X520-da2 with an SFP+->RJ45 adapter on the WAN side, my managed switch has SFP uplink anyway.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Hmm, I don't think that will do 2.5G.

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            jonowar
            last edited by

            Some SFP+RJ45 adapters do specify that they can convert 10g to 5/2.5g

            This is my source for that info:
            https://www.servethehome.com/sfp-to-10gbase-t-adapter-module-buyers-guide/

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @jonowar
              last edited by

              Mmm, I don't think the X520 will do it though, even if the module does. I've never tried it myself though.

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                jonowar
                last edited by

                From what I read, the x520 will see it as a 10g connection and the modem will see it as 2.5 and it will give me 2.5 throughput.... but if it doesn't work I'll give up, that extra 200mbps is mostly just Comcast marketing gimmick anyway.

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  You could just buy a 2.5G NIC....

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                    jonowar @stephenw10
                    last edited by

                    I may also try that, but there don't seem to be very many good 2.5 options. From what I've read of the i225 chipset, many people are having troubles, even when disabling the hardware checksum.

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                    • SetarcosS
                      Setarcos
                      last edited by

                      I haven't quite dialed my X710-T2L in, but it does sync at 2.5G and show the appropriate speed in the UI with 21.05.2.

                      ixl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                              description: WAN
                              options=e100bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,VLAN_HWFILTER,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
                              capabilities=f507bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,NETMAP,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
                              ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
                              inet6 xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx%ixl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
                              inet6 xxxx:xxx:xxxx:xx:xxx:xxxx:xxxx:xx0x prefixlen 128
                              inet xx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 0xfffff800 broadcast 255.255.255.255
                              media: Ethernet autoselect (2500Base-T <full-duplex,rxpause>)
                              status: active
                              supported media:
                                      media autoselect
                                      media 10Gbase-T
                                      media 5000Base-T
                                      media 2500Base-T
                                      media 1000baseT
                                      media 100baseTX
                              nd6 options=23<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                      
                      dev.ixl.0.fw_version: fw 7.3.60988 api 1.10 nvm 7.30 etid 80008416 oem 1.266.0
                      

                      I am not sure if it matters, but NVM 7.30 is what is specified in Intel driver version that the BSD driver used in 2.5.2/21.05.2 is based on (see here for references). My card shipped with NVM 8.10, but I downgraded to 7.30 and everything seems to be performing the same as with 8.10.

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                        jonowar
                        last edited by

                        thanks for that, I tried upgrading my firmware but its eTrackId is not listed in the firmware update as it's a Dell card, not Intel OEM. I think that's the root of the problem.

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                          jonowar @jonowar
                          last edited by

                          Just to close the loop here, I received the X520-DA2 and it worked great with a Wiitek SFP+/RJ45 adapter AFTER I modified the EEPROM on the X520. I had to boot to Ubuntu with a USB drive and run an ethtool command to flip a switch to allow unsupported modules.

                          Just clocked 1367.13 down! Previous record was 910... so actually a much larger improvement than I thought!

                          To fix the X520, I had to follow instructions found here: https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/patching-intel-x520-eeprom-to-unlock-all-sfp-transceivers.24634/

                          In Pfsense I show a 10gbe link to the cable modem and the cable modem shows a 2.5gbe link.

                          Anyway, I'm excited, it's finally working!

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                            aivxtla @Setarcos
                            last edited by aivxtla

                            @setarcos there’s no need to downgrade the firmware you can use the latest one if you want. Infact I used a newer one 8.4 I think (My card originally shipped with 7.2). It will still work fine with the inbuilt driver. I did however compile the latest driver from Intel’s site, though not necessary.

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