Hello all.
First post here.
I have seen several threads regarding this but want to make sure I am absolutely heading down the correct path.
I am in process of upgrading my home network to 10Gb (internal). My WAN is Frontier 1Gb (soon to be upgraded to 2Gb or possibly 5Gb). A friend gave me an unused HP Elitedesk 800 G4 SFF i7-8700 3.20 GHz 32GB DD4 machine that I intend to repurpose as my firewall/router via OPNSense. I know...overkill but it was free.
I have ordered an X520-DA2 that I want to use for in and out as the Elitedesk has only a single PCI-E slot that is 8x or greater. So, I would like to convery one of the tranceivers on the DA2 to RJ45 (since that is what my external connection is) and leave the other as SFP+ as my switch (not yet bought) will have a 10Gb SPFP+ uplink.
John
First post here.
I am in process of upgrading my home network to 10Gb (internal). My WAN is Frontier 1Gb (soon to be upgraded to 2Gb or possibly 5Gb). A friend gave me an unused HP Elitedesk 800 G4 SFF i7-8700 3.20 GHz 32GB DD4 machine that I intend to repurpose as my firewall/router via OPNSense. I know...overkill but it was free.
I have ordered an X520-DA2 that I want to use for in and out as the Elitedesk has only a single PCI-E slot that is 8x or greater. So, I would like to convery one of the tranceivers on the DA2 to RJ45 (since that is what my external connection is) and leave the other as SFP+ as my switch (not yet bought) will have a 10Gb SPFP+ uplink.
- Everything I have read indicates that this is possible and easy to do. Is that correct?
- For the RJ45 transceiver, is this the appropriate hardware: https://a.co/d/6axbyCd
- If yes, I see 2 flavors: Ubiquiti and Cisco?
- Other (better) recommendations?
John