2.5Gbe hardware updates?
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Any increase in 2.5Gbe driver support beyond Intel in 2.7/bSD14?
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There is one commit in the igc driver in FreeBSD main that hasn't been synced to 2.7 yet:
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/commit/ec22a3a259193685afaea1667a39266264c65fd3Steve
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That's the intel one though. Just wondering about Realtek, Marvell, etc.
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Oh, I see. The Realtek kmod driver supports rtl8125. There is an Aquantia driver but it's not in our repo:
https://www.freshports.org/net/aquantia-atlantic-kmod -
@stephenw10
Thanks for the information.The market is getting quite a few dual 2.5gb LAN options for mini-pc's. Problem is some are Realtek, not Intel. Makes the choices limited, obviously, when PFSense only clearly supports Intel's.
There's a couple of multi-port mini-PC's designed for using software like PFSense. As near as I can tell those have Intel I-225's for all 2.5gb ports.
They aren't all that expensive either.
I've read the steps to add the Realtek 2.5gb drivers to PFSense. I probably could figure that out given the steps are fairly clear, easy to follow, etc. Would of course prefer them already built into FreeBSD. I know, FreeBSD is not PFSense. I get it. Still would be nice to see a wider 2.5gb LAN support from the get go.
Dual 2.5gb, one to WAN Modem, one to 2.5gb switch, which are also not that expensive anymore. And boom, you have a 2.5gb based home network.
If the chipset is not Intel though, its an uphill battle....
As one example of the Intel based ones. (Tried to do a link but forum flagged it as Spam.)
Pf-sense Mini PC 6 Lan i225 2.5Gbe NICs, Celeron J4125, 8GB DDR4 RAM 128GB mSATA SSD, HD-MI, RS232 COM, USB, Mini PCI E Wifi, Small Computer, Router server, AES-NI, PXE, Firewall Micro Appliance
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Want to make sure I’m reading this correctly. This is an easy way to add Realtek 2.5gb support to PFSense?
https://www.freshports.org/net/realtek-re-kmod/
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The kmod pkg is in our repo for 2.7/23.01 so you can just 'pkg install' it.
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So now I have to decide if I’m gonna get a 2.5gb Realtek based NIC and see how it goes. Would just be for curiosity’s sake and often that does not have a happy ending…. :)
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Probably the appliance I’d get if shopping for one. IF I had it to do over instead of a nice albeit older Dell i7 for free and then add the cost of several Intel i225 NIC’s, I’d do this appliance. The cost of the NIC’s about the same as this appliance.
The new gen processor while not today’s i7 my guess is it outperforms the early gen i7 in the old Dell.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B6J2ZKTM/?coliid=I2ZTQKSXOF5P6&colid=B016TSAJFGNR&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it&th=1
