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    Support and Stability of Broadcom NICs

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      tman222
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      Hi all,

      I'm looking to add a 10Gbit RJ45 port expansion card to a pfSense firewall and see some reasonably priced offerings from Broadcom out there alongside Intel cards. How is the support and stability of Broadcom NICs on pfSense (and FreeBSD in general) these days? The card that I was looking does appear have support from the FreeBSD bnxt driver. Are Intel adapters still the only ones that are generally recommended, or is Broadcom also a viable alternative worth considering? Thanks in advance for sharing your insight and experience, I really appreciate it.

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        slu
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        We are using a 10G Broadcom P210TP with pfSense 2.7.2, no issue so far.

        pfSense Gold subscription

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