Thoughts on this NIC.

swansense

https://forum.netgate.com/topic/186103/nic-issues-and-advise

Looking for a 2Gbps NIC or better for the reasons in the above thread.

Amazon no longer sell qnap 2.5Gbps nice or at least I can't find them.

Anyone use this NIC and provide details of it actually works and is stable.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/2-5GBase-T-Network-Adapterwith-Ethernet-Controller-I225-Single-Port/dp/B0BNHWZBCC

stephenw10

That should work fine if it's a genuine Intel i225-V NIC.

We use those in the 4100 and 6100.

[24.03-RELEASE][admin@6100.stevew.lan]/root: pciconf -lv igc0
igc0@pci0:4:0:0:	class=0x020000 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x15f3 subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = 'Ethernet Controller I225-V'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet

Even that one, which is in an early test unit, works fine here. Really you want the Rev3 version though. Intel fixed some issues.

swansense

@stephenw10

Thank you.

As it's Amazon it's probably fake so I'll keep searching for a QNAP NIC recommended in other threads.

stephenw10

Mmm, I have one I bought as cheap as I could find anywhere just to see what that would get me. It works fine.

See: https://forum.netgate.com/post/1011809

swansense

@stephenw10

Thanks I bought the NIC and will let you know how I get on. Hopefully it's stable as the one you tested with was.

On another note I can see a few people using intel 226 NICs?

Are these stable? There is one riculously cheap on AliExpress.
More than likely fake but for the price could be worth a punt

Just found this amazing item on AliExpress. Check it out!

https://a.aliexpress.com/_EwccKyX

stephenw10

Ha, well that's ludicrously cheap!

We use the i226-V on the 8200 and 4200 without problems. There have been issues reported with i226 chips on other hardware though. Mostly in Windows it seems.

swansense

@stephenw10

Someone mentioned in the reviews that it works with pfsense so worth a shot.

stephenw10

I mean at that price it would make some nice wall-art if it doesn't!

GeorgePatches

I was looking at the heatsink wondering if it was a server card that needs lots of chassis airflow to stay cool, but Intel specs these at 1.3-1.5W. Should be fine with passive cooling.

stephenw10

Yeah the i226 is impressively optimised even compared to i225. It's a chip that should require minimal cooling. If it's a real chip of course!

GeorgePatches

This trend of fake NICs is bizarre and confusing to me. They sell them so cheap I don't understand how they're making money off the scheme.

swansense

just in case others come across this.

finally got a chance to install this NIC yesterday and it seems to be working perfect since.

here is the output of pciconf -lv

igc0@pci0:11:0:0:	class=0x020000 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x125c subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = 'Ethernet Controller I226-V'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet