What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
No startup issues, instantly recognized by pfsense. Diy router/firewall is up and replacing my dd-wrt routers.
This is the cheapest and best vmware-compatible card i could find for the money. Using this in a dell r720 server with vmware. Works with any os, easy to configure for sr-iov.
I'm thrilled with how easy it was, and how well it works. Great card, works well. Works as expected.
My switch is a tp-link tl-sx1008 switch. Installed into a dell powerddge t620 tower running xcp-ng. Recommend ensuring there's a little space on the pcie slot on the motherboard to avoid overheating other objects.
Two broadcom broadcom cards for windows and a truenas server. Popped this card into my gigabyte z370 based windows 10 system and connected directly to an older qnap nas with a 10gb card. Installed into home made omv nas with ssd system drive and ssd d... Read More
Cons
A fan indicates a lower quality chip which runs hot. Is not like a cpu/gpu that throttles down when hot. It simply disconnects from the system like you pull it out.
Highlights
Quality
After bridging the connections on the qnap to get internet passthrough everything was smoking fast
With the price of those official modules it is almost as inexpensive to buy an official intel card with the modules
Downloaded the drivers installed them and poof
Competitiveness
Put in my custom built servers for attachment to ubiquiti aggregation switch and works perfect
Popped this card into my gigabyte z370 based windows 10 system and connected directly to an older qnap nas with a 10gb card
Putting together a pfsense router from an hp t730 thin client and ran into one card problem after another
Though be aware that this adapter is not supported by synology nas machines
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- This product had a total of 217 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 23 2023.
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Was able to transfer a 3gb iso file in 10 seconds
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Though be aware that this adapter is not supported by synology nas machines
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No need to even add any drivers
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No indications of any bottlenecks
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It did work but i found it to be unstable the link would go down once a day or every few days
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I suspect a driver issue there
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My switch is a tplink tlsx1008 switch
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