Duallight

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[–] Duallight@lemmy.today 1 points 7 hours ago

That would definitely work. It's overkill but with the current PC market it might be hard to find something cheaper. I paid $140 for mine about a year ago

[–] Duallight@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Looks like they don't make it anymore but I got the aoostar n1 pro on amazon. I would try eBay or AliExpress to find something similar. https://www.amazon.com/AOOSTAR-N1-PRO-Upgraded-Full-Featured/dp/B0F9K1G96Q

It has both 2.5 gigabit ports built in. Its basically purpose built for opnsense. I just connected a multi gig switch and a WAP and it's great.

[–] Duallight@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

I have the same 2Gb/s speed at my place. Its $10 more a month than 1Gb/s, making it easy to justify. I have no need for it besides bragging rights haha

[–] Duallight@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I have 2 Gb/s down using opnsense on a n150 mini pc. The one I got has 2 x 2.5gb ports. I don't have too many devices, but I've never had issues getting that full download speed. During downloads where I hit my full speed, it hits about 30% usage. During normal usage like games/streaming/web browsing I don't see above 10% usage.

[–] Duallight@lemmy.today 9 points 1 week ago

Water does change density with temperature, so it is denser the deeper you go. I doubt there's a normal bowling ball weight that would have the right density for it to float at some random depth though.

 

Hey all, I'm upgrading to 2 gb fiber internet, and I'm looking to swap my router for an opnsense build. I'm looking to build a matx PC using the Intel x540 t2. I know the 2x10gbe connections need more processing power compared to the recommended specs on opnsenses site. But I have no idea what cpu to get. I'm looking at the i5-6500T since it's low power and I already have a compatible mobo laying around. Is that too old for this application? Full stack would be the fiber ONT 10gb port - > this opnsense build - > 8 port 2.5 gb switch with a 10gb uplink port. Will probably have less than 20 devices connected at once, with only a couple of them capable of using the full internet speed.

Any other advice is more than welcome as this is my first dive into networking.