10Gtek 10Gb PCI-E NIC Network Card, Single SFP+ Port, with Intel 82599EN Controller, Ethernet LAN Adapter Support Windows Server/Linux/VMware, Compare to Intel X520-DA1(E10G42BTDA)

I bought 3 of these cards for a couple Synology NAS devices (DS 1618+ and DS 2419+) and my main computer, mainly for faster media transfers and an attempt to edit 4K footage direct from my NAS in real time. The price is significantly more expensive here than buying direct from 10GTek and having it ship from HK and used NICs are apparently very cheap if you look around. I installed the cards in my computer and the DS 1618+ to start with. It was a painless experience and the small form factor bracket was easy to switch on for the Synology. From a networking standpoint there are many ways you can go about it. I opted for a Mikrotik switch with 4 SFP+ ports, which made things a breeze. You can plug directly from one device into another if they both have a 10Gb NIC but you'll need to do some configuration with static IPs. With more than 2 10Gb devices you'll want to get a switch. In terms of cabling, I was only doing short distance networking (7 meters max) so I went for SFP+ DACs. You can also network with a transceiver and RJ45 if you have an existing CAT6 or newer setup, or a multimode fiber, which is good for longer distance networking. The Synology connected to the internet & LAN immediately upon being switched on - completely plug-and-play. My computer wasn't and I don't have a DVD drive so I had to try to find the drivers online. You can essentially treat this as an Intel NIC for most intents and purposes so I went to Intel's website and downloaded the Intel® Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack. That was useful because it not only installed the drivers I needed to be able to connect but also gave me tools to test that the connections were working properly. I've only done one test so far but immediately saw 3-4x transfer speed improvements. Before I was seeing about 113MB/s, bottlenecked by a 1Gb connection. I saw high 300s MB/s during a file copy from my NAS to my SATA SSD, equating to about 3Gb speeds. Your bottleneck will now be the speed of an HDD array or SATA (6Gb). You can achieve even faster speeds with NVMe to NVMe transfers. Overall, definitely happy with this card so far. Seems to be completely plug-and-play for most people.

It works and works well with those SFP+ cables that are cheap from Amazon.

Great card so far. Works with either fiber sfps, 10G copper sfps or with DAC cables. One caveat with Windows 11: I had to find and install the older Intel x510 drivers for it to be recognized and work. Linux (Pop OS 22.04 LTS) had the drivers and libraries available natively. As far as stability and connectivity is concerned, zero issues so far. A quick Google search found an old Redfit article with a link to the driver pack, so 10 minute fix.

Works fine but the EEPROM is configured for 2 interfaces so the card allocates 8 PCIe lanes even though only 4 are needed.

I am in the process of getting 8gigabit fiber internet service. In anticipation of this, I have begun upgrading all my devices to support 10g. I had a bit of difficulty installing this card, but in the end got it to work. First, I had to find the correct drivers as Windows 11 did NOT install the drivers automatically. You will want to make sure to download the "Intel Ethernet Adapter COMPLETE Driver Pack" from Intel's website. Once downloaded, extract and install via the setup executable. Second, I was getting intermittent packet loss utilizing fiber optic sfp+ to a Mikrotik CRS305 switch in SwOS mode. I ended up fixing this issue by 1) upgrading BIOS on motherboard of host PC and 2) upgrading firmware of Mikrotik switch. I still continued having intermittent packet loss after this with the fiber optic coming from my first Mikrotik switch. My LAN architecture was cable modem (still waiting for fiber install) -> GE800 Linksys 10g router , then 10g from router's LAN port _> Mikrotik switch via rj45 Cat 6 cable. Then from mikrotik straight to PC via fiber. Once i installed a second Mikrotik, then routed PC through that second mikrotik router which was connected to the first mikrotik via fiber, all packet loss issues stopped. The PC is connected to the second switch via fiber SFP as well. Due to this, im guessing it was likely a setting either on the ethernet card driver or the first switch that was causing packet loss. regardless, it is working flawless now To summarize, it takes a bit of work and there is NOT a whole lot of detailed information out there. it will likely take you some trial and error but it is well worth the effort. It might shy away some people however. EDIT - forgot to mention, i had tried setting jumbo packet size through the windows driver settings, as well as turning on and off flow control with no effect, so it was definitely a setting with either the driver or the first switch.

Great NIC with a solid chipset that are fast,reliable and well supported. Note that Windows 11 does not natively support this NIC, so visit Intel and get the driver and keep it handy. It was plug and play with TrueNas Scale. I've since got other products from 10Gtek, they make great stuff. Highly recommend.

La tarjeta funciona perfectamente a 10 Gb

Excellent, plug and play in true nas and chineese x99 motherboard with xeon processor. Connected to udm.