The 2.5G connection currently was going directly to my Gaming Multimedia Computers 10G Ethernet Port, while 2 of the 1G Ports were going straight into my TP-Link Smart Switch. The way I have my firewall router and network, I needed to bridge at least 1 port from my 2.5G NIC and 2 Ports from the Intel I350-T4 Quad NIC card.

As much as OpnSense was streamlining the interface and had more updates, sometimes more is not always good. You would think everything was rosy and good to go once setup and configured. The main reason I switched from Pfsense to Opnsense in the first place, was the interface was slightly more updated, and the fact there could be weekly security updates and at least 2 major update quarterly, plus a big reason was, that out of the box, Opnsense supported my Realtek RTL81225 Dual 2.5G NIC (Intel currently does not have a 2.5G Dual NIC that I could find), after a small update done. Opnsense, or why to use one over the other, as I have personally used both, and recently made the decision to switch back to Pfsense where I started in the first place. I wanted to post this in case anyone else has questions about Pfsense vs.

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