Just wanted to confirm I got that TX401 NIC and it's been working well so far on 2.5G

@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

@Andrew The TX201 would not work right?

I think it needs special drivers and all of that? no out of the box support from what I can tell...

@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:

https://www.amazon.ca/Port-Gigabit-Ethernet-Network-Card/dp/B07G2DV9K2/ref=sr_1_2?crid=24N7U52FGEOL8&keywords=AQC107&qid=1700951323&sprefix=aqc107%2Caps%2C70&sr=8-2

That should work right? I just don't want to be returning a card every week

@Andrew unfortunately doesn't sound like a great option long term, you think this will work out of the box?

https://www.amazon.ca/-/en/Adaptateur-Ethernet-Gigabit-double-Windows/dp/B0C54C4SNX/ref=sr_1_5?__mk_fr_CA=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=FQSUANBXGHRQ&keywords=i226&qid=1700940204&sprefix=i226+%2Caps%2C61&sr=8-5

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

@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.

Hi, @Andrew,

Wow thanks for the info, I'll try to return my card then, any ideas what's the best card to do 2.5G on xcp-ng? All I'm seeing is people with compatibility problems when I try to research this topic

Thanks

Hey,

I got an Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller 10G X550T, I'm trying to get 2.5Gb but XCP-NG keeps putting it to 1Gb

On the other port on that card, I have it connected to a 10G switch and that works fine.

I also use another port for the management that is on another card, that one is expected to be 1Gb

Any suggestions?

here's that nic's info out:

Settings for eth2:
	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 
	Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric
	Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
	Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
	Speed: 1000Mb/s
	Duplex: Full
	Port: Twisted Pair
	PHYAD: 0
	Transceiver: internal
	Auto-negotiation: on
	MDI-X: Unknown
	Supports Wake-on: d
	Wake-on: d
	Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
			       drv probe link
	Link detected: yes

Thanks.