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Interesting observation about power draw. My own experience - I have two m720q machines. Decided to use both of them for a failover OPNSense setup. Initially decided to setup only one standalone Opnsense box. So ordered a PCIe adapter based on the part number in this thread's sticky. Also...

The fan is surprisingly quiet. It's not even audible when the cover is closed on the m720q.

This is the 4 port 2.5 gb nic that I bought from AE to use for OPNSense on a m720q. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805148027460.html It worked right out of the box and OPNSense detected it. They were available on amazon and ebay. But the price was $30-40 higher. So I took the risk and...

was that a sale? It seems to be showing up as $178 now on the Kingston site.

Very cool! Just downloaded the model file. Going to give this a try myself, since I have a spare m720 sitting around.

I lost my screw on a m720q. But I was able to use a spare thumbscrew from a PC case. Amazon sells those thumbscrews in packs. I've also seem them at Microcenter.

Wonder if cutting a hole directly above the NIC fan on m720q's removable cover would help with the heat. Maybe even cover it up with a mesh grill.

Thanks. I ordered it the other day. Glad to hear it worked for you in the m720q. So hopefully I'll have same experience. Yeah, I might try your solution to lower the fan noise.

I'm in the same boat as you. I have AT&T 2 gbps symmetrical service. Have a SuperMicro AOC-STGN-i2s sitting around. So was thinking of using that with a new OPNSense box if I can't find a decent 4 port 2.5 nic that doesn't have the buggy issues with i225. Before you dumped the AOC-STGN- i2s...

Newbie to this forum. Been watching this thread ever since I got my hands on a m720q to build a OPNSense box. Looking for a 4-port 2.5 gbe intel nic for the m720q. So far i've found the Qnap 4 port 2.5 nic. But looking for other options as well. Came across a bunch of these IOCrest 4 port...