Cheap 4port 1x slot card
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Has anyone use this type of card?
4port on a 1x interface.
Intel 82575 Chipset.Planning to use in LAGG and VLAN.
Yes this is a chinese made (not official). So don't comment if your just going to suggest to buy a geniune card or say that this card is fake.
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@narmenia It's based on a Intel 82575 so you'll be fine. FreeBSD == pfSense supports it.
As the reviewer Robert S. said : a PCIe 1x saturates above 2 Gbits /sec, so you won't have a real 4 x 1Gbits/sec. This shouldn't be an issue for an ordinary desktop PC, but could be when it's used in a router.
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@gertjan said in Cheap 4port 1x slot card:
Intel 82575
Do they really make new cards based on 14 year-old tech?
Here's a good link.
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/list-of-nics-and-their-equivalent-oem-parts.20974/
And another.
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/comparison-intel-i350-t4-genuine-vs-fake.6917/
I use a OEM Dell i340, was $25 on the 'Bay. -
@gertjan said in Cheap 4port 1x slot card:
@narmenia It's based on a Intel 82575 so you'll be fine. FreeBSD == pfSense supports it.
As the reviewer Robert S. said : a PCIe 1x saturates above 2 Gbits /sec, so you won't have a real 4 x 1Gbits/sec. This shouldn't be an issue for an ordinary desktop PC, but could be when it's used in a router.
It depends your needs.you have the link?
i was on the impression that a 1x pcie 2.0 can handle 500Mbyte/s or 4Gbit/s
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@narmenia said in Cheap 4port 1x slot card:
that a 1x pcie 2.0 can handle 500Mbyte/s or 4Gbit/s
Better : 2.1 ....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express
The chipset might be Intel. I would be optimistic if the card was actually made nearby santa Clara. But it's not.
I have a box of these 4x PCX1/2/4 "Intel" cards. They do not come close to what they advertise.
Not a real issue, a 4x times (NICs) half a Gbit/sec is a pretty descent network already. -
@gertjan said in Cheap 4port 1x slot card:
a PCIe 1x saturates above 2 Gbits /sec
Afaik the motherboard is pcie 2.0
and the card is pcie 2.1so at 1x theoretically the port wont choke the 4port 1gbps nic at full speed?
