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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      We use that in the 8200 and haven't seen any issues there either. The i226 is significantly more efficient. Uses about half the power IIRC.

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      • UnoptanioU
        Unoptanio @w0w
        last edited by

        @w0w

        Greetings,
        As a Windows user and owner of motherboards with integrated i225 and i226 network cards, I know the problems with these cards. But the new released intel drivers are only for windows systems. Are there no chip firmware updates?
        So on BSB14 I have no idea if an updated driver has been released

        pfSensePlus24.03 2U BareMetal Asrock Industrial IMB-X1314MicroATX
        CPU: i7-13700@5.2GHz, RAM:32GB ECC, n°2 Samsung 870EVO SATA 2.5” SSD 1TB (ZFS) Raid1
        n°3 Intel i225-LM 2500/1000/100Mbps, n°1 NIC Intel i350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN, n°1 Intel X520-DA2

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        • UnoptanioU
          Unoptanio @stephenw10
          last edited by Unoptanio

          @stephenw10 said in Chinese I226-V on 23.05.1, problems:

          8200

          To install pfsense 2.7.0 in a traditional PC, do you know if this card works well? Card PCI Express Intel X710BM2

          Product Description:
          Model number: X710-DA2
          Chipset: Intel X710BM2
          Transmission rate: Up to 10Gb/s per port
          Bus Interface: PCI Express 3.0 X8
          Port configuration: Dual port
          Connector: SFP+ connector
          Bracket: Low profile & Full height
          Accessory: A low profile bracket

          94c47530-8658-487c-9de9-2896f2fd3acc-image.png

          In this moment i have installed:
          N.1 Intel Ethernet I350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN PCi Ex 2.0 4x

          c47811b2-e244-417f-8f6b-60b59ae7c36e-image.png

          pfSensePlus24.03 2U BareMetal Asrock Industrial IMB-X1314MicroATX
          CPU: i7-13700@5.2GHz, RAM:32GB ECC, n°2 Samsung 870EVO SATA 2.5” SSD 1TB (ZFS) Raid1
          n°3 Intel i225-LM 2500/1000/100Mbps, n°1 NIC Intel i350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN, n°1 Intel X520-DA2

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            Psych0D0g @Unoptanio
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            @Unoptanio should work i use a 4 port counterpart of the x710 variant just well

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            • UnoptanioU
              Unoptanio @Psych0D0g
              last edited by

              @Psych0D0g

              I saw that the model "Intel X520-DA2 Intel 82599 10Gbe 2*SFP+ PCi Ex 2.0 8X Bulk" is also on sale, but maybe it's older model .

              Intel X520-DA2 Scheda di rete Intel 82599 10Gbe 2*SFP+ PCi Ex 2.0 8X Bulk
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              pfSensePlus24.03 2U BareMetal Asrock Industrial IMB-X1314MicroATX
              CPU: i7-13700@5.2GHz, RAM:32GB ECC, n°2 Samsung 870EVO SATA 2.5” SSD 1TB (ZFS) Raid1
              n°3 Intel i225-LM 2500/1000/100Mbps, n°1 NIC Intel i350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN, n°1 Intel X520-DA2

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                Psych0D0g @Unoptanio
                last edited by

                @Unoptanio sorry, no experience with the x520 chipset here

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  X520 NICs usually work well, I have one. They use the ixgbe driver instead of the ixl driver for the X710. Both shoudl work fine in pfSense.

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                  • UnoptanioU
                    Unoptanio @stephenw10
                    last edited by Unoptanio

                    @stephenw10

                    Between these 3 motherboards which one would you choose to install pfsense? opinion based on the integrated network cards

                    https://www.asrockind.com/en-gb/product-compare/96

                    832c4972-b4f2-4c18-8897-a3c80cb5db07-image.png

                    Network card Marvell AQC113 with 10/100/1000/2500/10000 Mbps works properly with pfsense 2.7.0?

                    pfSensePlus24.03 2U BareMetal Asrock Industrial IMB-X1314MicroATX
                    CPU: i7-13700@5.2GHz, RAM:32GB ECC, n°2 Samsung 870EVO SATA 2.5” SSD 1TB (ZFS) Raid1
                    n°3 Intel i225-LM 2500/1000/100Mbps, n°1 NIC Intel i350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN, n°1 Intel X520-DA2

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      There is no Aquatia driver in the 2.7 kernel. There is a kmod pkg that may or may not support that. That package is not in out repo though:
                      https://www.freshports.org/net/aquantia-atlantic-kmod/

                      Steve

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                      • w0wW
                        w0w @Unoptanio
                        last edited by

                        @Unoptanio said in Chinese I226-V on 23.05.1, problems:

                        Marvell AQC113

                        I don't know how well it is supported today, but several years ago it was a pure lottery with Aquantia.

                        I purchased https://www.ebay.com/itm/195858888441 those. This is original Intel cards with verification label on it, at least I got two of them. Replaced thermal grease, one of them looked like not used at all. Updated firmware to the latest available from Intel, both are now working fine… Just read https://forum.netgate.com/topic/146913/nbase-t-support-for-intel-x550/53 if you will buy it.

                        @Unoptanio said in Chinese I226-V on 23.05.1, problems:

                        Between these 3 motherboards
                        imb-x1314

                        Maybe Netgate 4100?
                        You can also look at N100 based mini PCs and Protectli solutions.

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @w0w
                          last edited by

                          @w0w said in Chinese I226-V on 23.05.1, problems:

                          I don't know how well it is supported today, but several years ago it was a pure lottery with Aquantia.

                          Yeah, and it looks like not yet to me:
                          https://github.com/Aquantia/aqtion-freebsd/blob/master/aq_main.c#L92

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                          • UnoptanioU
                            Unoptanio @w0w
                            last edited by

                            @w0w
                            it's amazing how many fake network cards there are out there. Especially the Chinese that pass for $100 Intel.
                            The most counterfeit, the I350T4, after a short time of use no longer work.

                            https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/comparison-intel-i350-t4-genuine-vs-fake.6917/

                            pfSensePlus24.03 2U BareMetal Asrock Industrial IMB-X1314MicroATX
                            CPU: i7-13700@5.2GHz, RAM:32GB ECC, n°2 Samsung 870EVO SATA 2.5” SSD 1TB (ZFS) Raid1
                            n°3 Intel i225-LM 2500/1000/100Mbps, n°1 NIC Intel i350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN, n°1 Intel X520-DA2

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              Yup. Used OEM rebranded cards are usually a much better buy for that reason:
                              https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/list-of-nics-and-their-equivalent-oem-parts.20974/

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                              • w0wW
                                w0w @Unoptanio
                                last edited by

                                @Unoptanio
                                Not sure is it actual now, those fake cards. My experience is that, what you have on the modern market, even if we are talking about Ali or any other big, then if we don't look at on the cheapest shit. Then mostly what we have is OEM branded Intel like Dell/HP used cards removed from servers in unknown condition and custom firmware that is mostly outdated if we compare it to Intel original. For the entry level as I350 I have one Chinese card that was working about 5 years and replaced just because I upgraded to higher speeds. If we are talking about i225/226/2xx then there are no cards from intel at all, those chips are embedded solution for the motherboards. But there are a lot of custom variants stand-alone cards, and I think not all of them are bad or fake.
                                But if you want to go with reliable solution, then you should buy some new well known from a reliable supplier.

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                                • UnoptanioU
                                  Unoptanio @w0w
                                  last edited by

                                  @w0w

                                  At the moment I have an original Intel I350-T4V2 network card paid in Italy for € 359.
                                  I would say quite expensive

                                  pfSensePlus24.03 2U BareMetal Asrock Industrial IMB-X1314MicroATX
                                  CPU: i7-13700@5.2GHz, RAM:32GB ECC, n°2 Samsung 870EVO SATA 2.5” SSD 1TB (ZFS) Raid1
                                  n°3 Intel i225-LM 2500/1000/100Mbps, n°1 NIC Intel i350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN, n°1 Intel X520-DA2

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                                  • UnoptanioU
                                    Unoptanio @Unoptanio
                                    last edited by Unoptanio

                                    @w0w

                                    Can we trust these cards?

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                                    https://it.aliexpress.com/item/1005005555386876.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.0.0.133eM02OM02OJ7&gps-id=pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller&scm=1007.40050.354490.0&scm_id=1007.40050.354490.0&scm-url=1007.40050.354490.0&pvid=b18994b2-888a-4e8a-9609-73f3dd8a9350&_t=gps-id:pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller,scm-url:1007.40050.354490.0,pvid:b18994b2-888a-4e8a-9609-73f3dd8a9350,tpp_buckets:668%232846%238115%232000&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21EUR%2143.16%2115.1%21%21%21328.70%21%21%40211b5e2016951912733636498e1443%2112000033532152942%21rec%21IT%21744027985%21S

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                                    Scheda di rete da 2.5G Intel i226 PCIE a RJ45 100/1000/2500Mbps interfaccia RJ45 LAN adattatore Gigabit Etherent per PC/Desktop per Win

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                                    https://it.aliexpress.com/item/1005005929535264.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.0.0.691e3fafJW4RXl&gps-id=pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller&scm=1007.40050.354490.0&scm_id=1007.40050.354490.0&scm-url=1007.40050.354490.0&pvid=ae7eec44-ebb4-43c7-9ece-60a95b450ba5&_t=gps-id:pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller,scm-url:1007.40050.354490.0,pvid:ae7eec44-ebb4-43c7-9ece-60a95b450ba5,tpp_buckets:668%232846%238112%231997&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21EUR%2156.17%2115.83%21%21%21427.81%21%21%40211b5e1d16951923413203930e1357%2112000034891978936%21rec%21IT%21%21ABSt

                                    pfSensePlus24.03 2U BareMetal Asrock Industrial IMB-X1314MicroATX
                                    CPU: i7-13700@5.2GHz, RAM:32GB ECC, n°2 Samsung 870EVO SATA 2.5” SSD 1TB (ZFS) Raid1
                                    n°3 Intel i225-LM 2500/1000/100Mbps, n°1 NIC Intel i350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN, n°1 Intel X520-DA2

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      'Trust' how? I have a card similar to that I bought from ebay. It shows up as an i225-V and works fine where I've used it.

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                                      • UnoptanioU
                                        Unoptanio @stephenw10
                                        last edited by Unoptanio

                                        @stephenw10

                                        Trust, in the sense that they really cost too little.
                                        Will they be rubbish?

                                        For the price they cost I'll give it a try

                                        pfSensePlus24.03 2U BareMetal Asrock Industrial IMB-X1314MicroATX
                                        CPU: i7-13700@5.2GHz, RAM:32GB ECC, n°2 Samsung 870EVO SATA 2.5” SSD 1TB (ZFS) Raid1
                                        n°3 Intel i225-LM 2500/1000/100Mbps, n°1 NIC Intel i350-T4V2 10/100/1000 Mbps 4*GLAN, n°1 Intel X520-DA2

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          The one I bought was deliberately the cheapest I could find! 😉 It reports as an i225-V.

                                          It works fine for the what I've used it for, which was mostly testing in a 7100.

                                          There is some speculation that the errors seen on i225/i226 are more likely on faster systems that can drive the NIC harder. I've seen no problems with either on the C3K systems we ship but if you look at the problem reports in Windows and Linux they are often in gaming rigs and similarly powerful machines. That is only speculation at this point.

                                          Steve

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                                          • w0wW
                                            w0w @Unoptanio
                                            last edited by

                                            @Unoptanio
                                            Intel does not produce NIC based on I225/i226 series chipsets AFAIK, but the chipset itself costs less than $5. So the price for the card based on this chipset does not look like “cheapest”, the price looks quite normal.

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