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Izlude
Jun 26, 2025Aspirant
X10 question, 2.5Gbit solutions etc..
Hi all, I bought a Nighthawk X10 a while back for $10 at thrift. Love this thing, but I'm now faced with a forced upgrade from my ISP (no complaints, it's the same price). My issue: the X10's port...
- Jun 27, 2025
So ya, you can configure the SPF port for WAN side configuration:
My router has Voxel FW loaded since NG stock went EoL. So you could load his FW up and get a bit more support and operation from the R9000.
Let us know how it goes.
FURRYe38
Jun 26, 2025Guru - Experienced User
Been a while since I had mine online, however I don't think it supports WAN side connections on the SPF port. I did buy a 10Gb SFP to ethernet adapter and it works on the LAN side.
If you don't see any configurations for the SFP port to be used on the WAN side, then it's LAN side only.
Something to try and see with Voxels FW.