Gigabit NIC recommendation
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system info
Dell OptiPlex 380 - running pfsense 2.6.0
1 - gigabit nic on motherboard
1 - 3com 10/100 pci nichistory:
I just tried to install a d-link DGE-530t gigabit nic, replacing my 3com 10/100 nic.
total failure.
tried to test the d-link card in a windows 10 machine. system did not even see the card.called D-link support and according to the tech, the firmware version of the card only works with windows 8.
Questions:
can someone recommend a brand and model nic the will work.
( I did look at the Netgate list of recommended nic and the above d-link was one that should have worked, maybe there are newer firmware versions of the 530t)also what are your thoughts on USB to RJ45, as to thru put, is there a reduction of speed as compare to straight connection to a NIC . (I'm prefer hardwired, I do not like using WIFI or anything the reduces the speed)
the OptiPlex only has USB 2.0Thanks Tim
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Do not use USB NICs if you can possibly help it. Using VLANs and a managed switch is almost always a better option.
How old is that system if it only has PCI slots and not PCIe?
Steve
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My thoughts...
There is a PCIe slot, so I would look for a low profile Intel NIC. There are 4 port ones for not too much money.Other than USB Ethernet is not good for pfSense, USB 2.0 would perform badly, something in the 200Mb/s range in practice.
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Thanks for the reply ,
the system supports both pci and pcie , not sure the age of the Dell optiplex but i think about 10 to 15 years old at least.
our internet provider upped the area to 200MBs and I'm trying to upgrade my hardware from 100MBs ( replacing one NIC and the 24 port 10/100 HUB) to all 1000base components, ( 1000base NIC , gigabit switches ) , having issues getting the NIC to allow my PC to access the internet. the firewall server seem to be the only system that can access the wan and the LAN.
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If you have a PCIe slot available then you have many options for a multiport 1G Intel NIC.
If you have any connectivity on both WAN and LAN it's not a NIC issue.
Look at the pfSense routing table. It may be missing a default route.
If you didn't add a gateway on WAN (it's static) then outbound NAT won't be enabled by default.
Steve
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looks like the issue is caused by PfblockerNG, it would not allow any WAN traffic.
ran the Pfblocker update function, which seems to correct the issue. ( at least things start work once that is run)@AndyRH
and yes once i to the USB nic to work it did not go above 80MBsTim