2.5G Network Adapter
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Assuming I can work out drivers, I have a 2.5 USB adapter. Has anyone used or heard of someone using one to their source CPE? Figured if it works I will attempt to get the full 1200Mb from the cable modem. Soliciting thoughts and actual warnings (not just bluster opinions that were never experienced or tested. No different than having one in a PC unless pFSense has an internal limiter that cannot be adjusted for the WAN port.
Oi, Thanks a million!!!! Am either a fool or may be doing myself good and would post here if so to share!
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I have two USB Ethernet NICs I use for testing here, an Aquantia AQC111U based and a Realtek RTL8156 based. Neither are recognised by pfSense directly. So, yes, you would need to work out some drivers.
There is also the fact that USB NICs in general are not well supported. If you have assigned the NIC, ue0, as WAN and it becomes disconnected for any reason pfSense will not boot without manually re-assigning.
I would be looking at a PCIe based NIC to do that if you can.Steve
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@oi
Updated Realtek drivers and installed Realtek 2.5gb nic. It seams to work, but I am testing on 1gb. If works, I will move over to 2.5gb Realtec nic on PC. All new PC and routers look to have Realtek nics. Time will tell. I just want a little faster home system. -
@elmo1943
I did the same.... I got rid of that stupid Netgear router that doesn't really support VPN anyway and bought:
2x Trendnet 5-port unmanaged 2.5G switches.
1x Plugable USB ethernet adapter.
1x TRENDnet 2.5GBase-T PCIe Network Adapter, TEG-25GECTX.
New router: 4X 2.5GbE Intel I225-V Ethernet Firewall Appliance Mini PC, Intel Celeron J4125 MOGINSOK AES-NI VPN Router PC HDMI VGA 4GB RAM 64GB MSATA SSD.
Now my whole network is nice and fast.
