Mini PCI-e Ethernet cards anyone use them ?

Fevan · Nov 15, 2013, 3:00 PM

Hi anyone run a Mini PCI-e Ethernet network cards with pfsense ?

Just wanted to know if it was stable and reliable performance.

I see a Jmicron JMC250 one (Mini PCI-e PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller Card)

and

Syba SD-MPE24031 Mini PCI-e to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

Both gigabits, but unsure if they will be pfsense supported ?

Aluminum · Nov 15, 2013, 5:42 PM

@Fevan:

Both gigabits, but unsure if they will be pfsense supported ?

Those are probably a newer 8111 letter version which isn't supported in 2.1, and uh, realtek…nothx.

Jetway makes an 82574L and even a dual port i350(!) in pci-e minicard, I see them selling for ~$40 and ~$85 respectively with RJ45 brackets provided.

The dual is not bandwidth limited if you have a gen2 slot. I am a little bit wary of that internal cable being up to spec, but it can't be too bad or they would have left the market by now.

I wish someone would make an expresscard NIC with a good chipset, could turn a lot of corporate laptops into easy instant routers.

Fevan · Nov 15, 2013, 5:50 PM

thx for reply

I checked the Jmicron one and it uses the Jmicron JMC250 chipset which freebsd supports on the hardware list. Appears as a Jmicron network device under device manager also.

I guess am still on my question to sort out my pfsense build :)

pmwoodward3 · Nov 18, 2013, 3:26 PM

I just bought one of these to test out with my Intel NUC. It Should work and from the datasheet I was able to find it doesn't seem like its locked to any specific motherboard make/model.

http://www.logicsupply.com/components/expansion-cards/8111me-d/