I am thinking of building a router for OPNsense. I am familiar with building computers but I am not familiar with networking. What kind of hardware would I need to hit 1, 2.5 (my most likely target), 5 or 10 gigabit speeds on my local network?

I was thinking of buying a small form factor PC and sticking an Intel I226 Network Card or something similiar in it.

So, what kind of processor would I need?

  • SvinhufvudOPEnglish
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    10 days ago

    I was targeting the 2.5 gb/s local network, as I am starting to have equipment with 2.5 gig ports, so I might as well make use of them.

    • Observer1199@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      9 days ago

      Consider buying dedicated firewall hardware - check out “DEC677 – OPNsense Desktop Security Appliance”. I don’t have experience with opnsense hardware but I use similar for a different os. The idea is that you won’t run into compatibility issues since opnsense will test all updates on their own hardware before releasing them and should be optimised, etc.

      • SvinhufvudOPEnglish
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        9 days ago

        Thanks for the redommendation, those look quite nice, but are quite pricey too.