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Realtek NICs are known to be kinda incompatible with PFSense (some features won't work). But supposedly they work just fine with OPNSense. Maybe the NIC is just faulty? I haven't personally used OPNSense, so I can't really say for sure.
But if your friend wants to run PFSense, he needs an Intel NIC, period. I'd argue that most people probably don't need 4 ports, they just need to add a decent 2.5G switch if they want more ports. But your friend might know better if he has a specific use case that requires a 4 port NIC.
He wants to try to use opnsense due to the problems with netgate.
Fair. I've been considering OPNSense myself, but I bought an Intel NIC just so that I know I have the option of using either. Also, the nerds here generally agree that they're higher quality than Realtek.