After running an overkill 40gig network home router (T5810 server, Pfsense (OS), 40gig network cards) – which was stable, I decided to a smaller box to become my home router.
- Opnsense (OS)
- SFF HP EliteDesk
- 16gigs ram
- i5-7500 (4 cpus)
- 500gb ssd
- DELL Intel X520-DA2 10Gb SFP+ network card
- Wiitek 10G SFP+ to RJ45 Copper Module
Wall (RG56) > RG56 to 2.5gig (RG45) > Wiltek adapter and the other SFP+ goes to the switch for input. Everything is working as it should.
One problem i had is that the DELL Intel X520-DA2 10Gb SFP+, didn’t recognize the Wiltek 2.5gig adapter. I had to flash the firmware of the Dell x520 card to accept it.
https://gist.github.com/ixs/dbaac42730dea9bd124f26cbd439c58e
- 10gig sfp+ (From Router).
- 2.5gig (GamePC)
- 2.5gig (AIPC)
- 2.5gig (Wireless access points x2)
- 10gig (Sfp+) Unraid (NAS)
- 10gig (Sfp+) Proxmox (VM Hypervisor)
- Canon Network printer
