I’m looking into switching from 1gig Ethernet in the network to at least 2.5gig for my core switch. I’d love to be able to do intervlan routing with a layer 3 switch but am unsure whether it’s worth my time and effort.

Should I instead just setup my OPNsense with LAGG of 3-4x 1gig ports and just continue routing VLAN traffic with it?

I know it’s not optimal, but I’m also looking to do things relatively within budget. I don’t want to spend $500+ on a 2.5/10gig layer 3 switch… especially but if that’s my options I’ll consider it.

  • bigDotteeOPMA
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    13 hours ago

    Yeah I think that this would help immensely by going with a smaller 10gb switch for the “core” network and then having all the lower bandwidth needs on larger switches. I think that’ll end up with a better experience overall.