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    Intel I226-V: Good or bad?

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      Daniel_Hyde @riahc8
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      @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

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        riahc8 @Daniel_Hyde
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        @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

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          Daniel_Hyde @riahc8
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          @riahc8

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

          Thanks
          Dan

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            riahc8 @Daniel_Hyde
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            @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.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              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

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                Dobby_
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                @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.

                #~. @Dobby

                Turris Omnia - 4 Ports - 2 GB RAM / TurrisOS 7 Release (Btrfs)
                PC Engines APU4D4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense CE 2.7.2 Release (ZFS)
                PC Engines APU6B4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense+ (Plus) 24.03_1 Release (ZFS)

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                  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

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                    riahc8 @stephenw10
                    last edited by 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

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      If it's possible someone will try it. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                        riahc8 @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 said in Intel I226-V: Good or bad?:

                        If it's possible someone will try it. ๐Ÿ˜‰

                        Well, that is true. Good leaving a disclaimer.

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