Solved Intel X550T 2.5G Not Working
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@Andrew I was hoping to do 2.5Gb because that's what my pfsense can do.
Do you have any suggestions on forcing the speed? I attempted several things and it didn't seem to work.
I did update my firmware since so maybe it will work now, but if you have a suggestion that will survive a reboot ( I believe ethtool is not persistent) let me know.
Thanks.
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@livegrenier ethtool is not persistent, you can add the command to run at startup.
Quoting the readme:
By default, devices based on the Intel(R) Ethernet Controller x550 do not advertise 2.5 Gbps or 5 Gbps. To have your device advertise these speeds, use the following: # ethtool -s <ethX> advertise N Where N is a combination of the following. 100baseTFull 0x008 1000baseTFull 0x020 2500baseTFull 0x800000000000 5000baseTFull 0x1000000000000 10000baseTFull 0x1000 For example, to turn on all modes: # ethtool -s <ethX> advertise 0x1800000001028
So, use
ethtool -s ethX advertise 0x1800000001028
You may have to restart negotiation after the changeethtool -r ethX
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@Andrew unfortunately doesn't sound like a great option long term, you think this will work out of the box?
I'm looking for something with great support that will work for a long time, my current card doesn't sound like this going to be that unfortunately
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@livegrenier Yes, the i226 should work, but that one is very expensive. Do you need two ports? The single port ones are cheap ($25us).
I have not tested one of the generic dual port i226 cards, I'll order one for testing (about $40us).
If you want an out-of-the-box known supported multi-gig card then you want an AQC107 ($64us, today).
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Aquantia Corp. AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE 802.3bz Ethernet Controller [AQtion] (rev 02) driver: atlantic version: 2.0.3.0-kern firmware-version: 3.1.86 expansion-rom-version: bus-info: 0000:05:00.0 supports-statistics: yes supports-test: no supports-eeprom-access: no supports-register-dump: yes supports-priv-flags: no Settings for eth4: Supported ports: [ TP ] Supported link modes: 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Full 10000baseT/Full 2500baseT/Full 5000baseT/Full Supported pause frame use: Symmetric Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Supported FEC modes: Not reported Advertised link modes: 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Full 10000baseT/Full 2500baseT/Full 5000baseT/Full Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised FEC modes: Not reported Speed: 2500Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: Twisted Pair PHYAD: 0 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on MDI-X: Unknown Link detected: yes
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@Andrew I really appreciate your ideas, I like the idea of paying less for just 1 port, you are right I do not need 2 ports.
I'm in Montreal so I have to use amazon.ca, the 10G card you link is not available in Canada but for the same price as the 2.5 dual nic card I can get this one:
That should work right? I just don't want to be returning a card every week
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@livegrenier Looks ok (with full height bracket). You might need to fix the heatsink on that card (check reviews).
The TPlink TX401 looks ok.
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@livegrenier The TP-Link TX201 uses the RTL8125 chipset.
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@Andrew thanks, and I see the tx401 has a chipset AQC107, so I'll go with that if you think it's going to work out of the box, I'll probably put this project on hold for a moment, but as soon as I have a confirmation I'll update this post to let everyone know how it went, might take a few weeks but I will.
Thanks for the help
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Just wanted to confirm I got that TX401 NIC and it's been working well so far on 2.5G
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