Can Huawei MA5671A GPON SFP (2.5Gbps Download, 1.25Gbps Upload) be used with BPi-R4’s 10 gbps SFP WAN port after ONT cloning process (Vendor ID changes)? I have read about BPi- R4’s SFP WAN port fixed to 10gbps. And I have seen some kernel patch fixes 1gbps sfp support to 2.5gbps on BPi-R3. Is it also possible for BPi-R4?
I have one at home I’ll do some tests!
I am using BPI-R4 with Huawei MA5671A (bought on AliExpress - rooted version with Web GUI available) in SFP WAN port with no problems. It worked “out of the box” at 2.5GBs and there was no need to install any patches (auto-negotiation works by default as I believe).
I am using official OpenWRT snapshot version on my BPI-R4.
But remember, to access and configure your MA5671A via BPI-R4 there’s some modification of network/firewall settings needed to be done on BPI-R4 side. It would be more hassle free to connect it to some switch with SFP port (if you have one) to do the configuration (ONT s/n, h/w, etc. cloning).