5GbE and beyond ethernet adapters

[TanKianW]

Just a matter of time for this upgrade when all ISPs start to offer 10G fibre.

Intel x710-T4L Quad Port 10GbE BASE-T NIC, pre-flash with Intel firmware straight from the vendor. 4x 10GbE, support for 1G, 2.5G, 5G and 10G.​

 

[hoaaron]

Just sign up for M1 10gb, looking to upgrade my PC network card.

Thinking to get Wavelink AQC113C-B1 Chipset, PC currently using MSI B550 Tomahawk mobo.

How's the temp for Wavelink AQC113C-B1 Chipset, or is there any alternative recommendation?

Thanks in advance

 

[guangzong]

Just a matter of time for this upgrade when all ISPs start to offer 10G fibre.

Intel x710-T4L Quad Port 10GbE BASE-T NIC, pre-flash with Intel firmware straight from the vendor. 4x 10GbE, support for 1G, 2.5G, 5G and 10G.​

I am using the Intel X710-T2L. It runs cool and well. But on the latest GT-BE98 firmware, it refuses to negotiate at 10 Gbps, and can only connect at 1 Gbps
Searched online and couldn't find any solution, so i resort to using the Marvell AQC113.

 

[HexenHeretic]

I'd just stick to RTL8126 on windows desktop for now, until the 10GbE gets better/mature enough on windows to be stable.

 

[guangzong]

I am using the Intel X710-T2L. It runs cool and well. But on the latest GT-BE98 firmware, it refuses to negotiate at 10 Gbps, and can only connect at 1 Gbps
Searched online and couldn't find any solution, so i resort to using the Marvell AQC113.

Latest GNUton firmware released on 24 May does not seem to help.

If i connect a 10 Gbps switch in between the ONR and GT-BE98, the Intel X710-T2L can negotiate at 10 Gbps.

ONR (10 Gbps LAN port bridged) -> ASUS GT-BE98 -> 10 Gbps Switch -> PC. Result: PC NIC negotiates at 10 Gbps.
ONR (10 Gbps LAN port bridged) -> ASUS GT-BE98 -> PC. Result: PC NIC negotiates only at 1 Gbps.

I was on 3006.102.3_1-gnuton0_beta1. I upgraded to 3006.102.4_1-gnuton0_beta1 (released on 24 May) - it didn't help.
If i downgrade to the much older 3006_102.2_2-gnuton0_alpha1, issue goes away.

Intel X540-T2L and Marvell AQC113 do not exhibit this issue.

Conclusion: the new firmware branch does not seem to work well with Intel X710.

 

[1 Ghz]

Chelsio finally released some PCIE Gen5 NICs.

https://www.chelsio.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/T7/T7_S7_T6_T5_Product_Selector.pdf

Waiting for these down to trickle to the used market in a few years time so that homelabbers can run 100G @ x4 PCIE Gen5 with iWARP+RoCE.

 

[toastiee]

Thoughts on this $50 10gb card?

Fenvi AQC113

 

[Fronsac]

Thoughts on this $50 10gb card?

Fenvi AQC113

I have 2 AQC113 card, both of them have the same issue with overheating and the network card will get stuck, looks connected but no traffic will be sent or received. So I kind of against recommending any AQC113 card at the moment. Mostly triggered by high traffic volume so I suspect it is overheating, I think my setup is partly to be blamed since the only slot is right next to the GPU so it will be very sensitive to heat. No such issue with the realtek 5G card.
My AQC113 is Asus and TP Link, looks similar to me.

 

[guangzong]

I have 2 AQC113 card, both of them have the same issue with overheating and the network card will get stuck, looks connected but no traffic will be sent or received. So I kind of against recommending any AQC113 card at the moment. Mostly triggered by high traffic volume so I suspect it is overheating, I think my setup is partly to be blamed since the only slot is right next to the GPU so it will be very sensitive to heat. No such issue with the realtek 5G card.
My AQC113 is Asus and TP Link, looks similar to me.

I have the same issue under heavy load. Try turning off Recv Segment Coalescing (IPv4) and (IPv6). You will find users with similar issues on Reddit.

 

[Fronsac]

I have the same issue under heavy load. Try turning off Recv Segment Coalescing (IPv4) and (IPv6). You will find users with similar issues on Reddit.

Yeah already tried all the different combination and all of them will get it sooner or later. So I just buy a 5G realtek slap it in to use until i can be bothered to fix it.

 

[Lehnsherr]

Got one question where to get a SFP+ NIC locally?

Going to use it with a Ubiquiti DAC, then connect to a Ubiquiti gateway

thanks

 

[Fronsac]

DAC is directly connected to the SFP port on both device so there is no need to buy additional.

 

[Lehnsherr]

DAC is directly connected to the SFP port on both device so there is no need to buy additional.

Yes I mean a network card that comes with SFP+ instead of the typical RJ45

like the many examples tht has been posted on this thread

 

[ykeen]

Yes I mean a network card that comes with SFP+ instead of the typical RJ45

like the many examples tht has been posted on this thread

Fs.com?
https://www.fs.com/sg/search_result?keyword=nic&sort_order=popularity

or Sim Lim should be able to find also for hw stores that sell NIC. Lazada should have also.

 

[morimorimori]

10gtek used to have shoppee store but thats closed now. Gotten others from ebay. Intel X520-2 in nas, desktop has mellanox 311a.

 

[Lehnsherr]

10gtek used to have shoppee store but thats closed now. Gotten others from ebay. Intel X520-2 in nas, desktop has mellanox 311a.

Fs.com?
https://www.fs.com/sg/search_result?keyword=nic&sort_order=popularity

or Sim Lim should be able to find also for hw stores that sell NIC. Lazada should have also.

Thanks guys i will take a look at the recommendations

 

[Mach3.2]

mcx4121-acat is 20usd

 

[ykeen]

mcx4121-acat is 20usd

u mean this guy?
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006125830533.html

 

[Mach3.2]

u mean this guy?
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006125830533.html

xcat is running the 10GbE firmware. you can flash this to the acat firmware which enables 25GbE.

ASIC is the same.

 

[cj2502]

Saw the Fenvi card being mentioned earlier. In case anyone is looking at it, its working very well for me.

Stable connection, no dropped packets so far. Good speeds too. on M1 6gbps plan. BE805