Intel I226-V: Good or bad?

riahc8

Hello

Im looking at a system with a Intel I226-V

Now, its clear I have to use the DEV pfSense 2.7 build but besides that, is the card good for 1Gbps up/down?

Dobby_

If you get 1 GBit/s as the internet connection from your ISP
not seldom is a ONT or fibre modem also present and this
devices came in the last time sorted with 2.5 GBit/s ports.

So if you are in that or a similar case you may be good
sorted with an 2.5 GBit/s port to have no bottleneck.

riahc8

@dobby_ said in Intel I226-V: Good or bad?:

@riahc8

If you get 1 GBit/s as the internet connection from your ISP
not seldom is a ONT or fibre modem also present and this
devices came in the last time sorted with 2.5 GBit/s ports.

So if you are in that or a similar case you may be good
sorted with an 2.5 GBit/s port to have no bottleneck.

Not sure what you are saying....

Obviously, I have symmetrical 1Gbps up/down

Daniel_Hyde

@riahc8

They are saying if your ONT only has 1Gbps port you will see no benefit of connecting it to a 2.5Gbps NIC

Thanks
Dan

riahc8

@daniel_hyde said in Intel I226-V: Good or bad?:

@riahc8

They are saying if your ONT only has 1Gbps port you will see no benefit of connecting it to a 2.5Gbps NIC

Thanks
Dan

Im actually talking about compatibility

Daniel_Hyde

@riahc8

I know, I was just explaining what the other person meant.

Thanks
Dan

riahc8

@daniel_hyde said in Intel I226-V: Good or bad?:

@riahc8

I know, I was just explaining what the other person meant.

Thanks
Dan

Ah OK, got you. Sorry about the misunderstanding.

stephenw10

We use that NIC in the 8200 and it works fine. Passes 2.5Gbps no problem. 1Gbps is, as you'd expect, no problem. Given a CPU that can handle it of course.

Steve

Dobby_

@riahc8

Now, its clear I have to use the DEV pfSense 2.7 build but besides that, is the card good for 1Gbps up/down?

1 GBit/s on WAN or LAN was not clear for me to find out
here at this point. So please sorry I was imagine you were
talking about the WAN speed.

Not sure what you are saying....

And me was not really able to find out if you are talking about, the WAN or the LAN speed.

Obviously, I have symmetrical 1Gbps up/down

I want to go with the newer Intel i226-V it would be the
never ones.

stephenw10

The one thing I will point out is that igc does not support fix line speed/duplex. It can only link to a device configured to autonegotiate. Though you can set what link speeds it will negotiate to.
That shouldn't be a problem since Gigabit requires auto-negotiation as part of the spec.
If you have some ancient device with a 10M fixed port it's going to have a hard time.

Steve

riahc8

@stephenw10 said in Intel I226-V: Good or bad?:

The one thing I will point out is that igc does not support fix line speed/duplex. It can only link to a device configured to autonegotiate. Though you can set what link speeds it will negotiate to.
That shouldn't be a problem since Gigabit requires auto-negotiation as part of the spec.
If you have some ancient device with a 10M fixed port it's going to have a hard time.

Steve

Well, in a general sense, hardware wise or virtual wise, there will always be a switch so....I dont think there will be ANY scenario where a hardware pfSense with a Intel I226-V NIC will be directly connected to a ancient device with a 10M NIC

stephenw10

If it's possible someone will try it.

riahc8

@stephenw10 said in Intel I226-V: Good or bad?:

If it's possible someone will try it.

Well, that is true. Good leaving a disclaimer.