So my freind upgraded his network to 2.5gb and has been having trouble with pfsense and opnsense. found out it could be his realtek nic in his dell optiplex router. any cheap 4 port 2.5gb nic’s he can try? He can use 2 - 2 port NICs if he must.
So my freind upgraded his network to 2.5gb and has been having trouble with pfsense and opnsense. found out it could be his realtek nic in his dell optiplex router. any cheap 4 port 2.5gb nic’s he can try? He can use 2 - 2 port NICs if he must.
Anecdotal, but I was guiding a friend through setting OS up and it just wouldn’t happen with an RTL8169. Swapped in an Intel, away it went. So that’s a sample set of 1, take it for what it’s worth. But realtek have been a pain in my ass for decades, it really didn’t surprise me.