Upgrading my main machine to 10GbE

Upgrading my main machine from 2.5GbE to 10GbE with a 10Gtek X520-10G-1S-X8 to take advantage of the 10GbE aggregate switch I have connected to my TrueNAS server.

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[freshgrease]

You saved my bacon on a different 10Gtek 10gig adapter. Intel X540-10G-2T-X8. Just downloaded the version linked, installed, and instantly worked. Broke my onboard NIC on ASUS B650E-E but I don't care because my dual 10G nic works.

Thanks man. Highly appreciate it

[jackmasterson]

You sir, are a legend, I've searched everywhere for that driver

[Misterzr]

If you are using Windows, utilizing a dual 10Gbe nic card can get you 20Gbps bandwidth with SMB multichannel as long as the NAS endpoint also has dual 10Gbe ports connected. I'm seeing speeds upto 2.10 GBps (16.8 Gbps) upload/download throughput.

[brandonjohnson]

Just remember kids, its 8 bits to 1 Byte. Meaning 10Gbe equals roughly 1.25GBps theoretically. Still for one port giving that much speed in enterprise environments since 2002 is crazy.

[paul]

Check your motherboard block diagram to see if the PCIE slot you used goes directly to the CPU, or goes around via the chipset (which might be slower).

[TKLouie-iixh]

thank you very much for the information, I have problem to use 10Gtek device with Windows 11. Your video really help. Thank you again.

[MajorPain]

Thanks for putting out this video. It was magic!

[derekkim]

Thank you for the driver notes. Very helpful!

[JasonsLabVideos]

Ever thought about using SFP+ Optical instead of a dac ?

[kaitlyn__L]

Oh boy, all the stuff with Windows 11 and drivers/hardware issues are just... so reminiscent of Vista.

[jasharkey]

Anyone else getting the Error occurred loading diagnostic click refresh and it just keeps looping that error? I can get it to blink/identify on the card but nothing further.

[TheCuttz]

You saved my arse. I was about to pull my hair out. Thank you for the driver ❤

[xVertigo]

This explains so much why I had a heck of a time finding the right driver to install.

Device manager still shows no driver installed yet it's working after using the utility software that I found on reddit.
I also had to use an older driver.

Makes me wonder if there will be any vulnerabilities for not updating. I'm going to shop around and see if I can find something with updated drivers for windows 11 that's not eol

[VikkiKuznetsova]

If I only have one PC, will the switch make a difference or is this only for multiple PCs/Servers etc? Could I just buy the cables, and card and see the benefits as-is?

[vb]

need help i downloaded the link ran it but says my driver version in device manager is 4. 1. 196. 0 is this the version I want? or did it not work

[declanmcardle]

You should take a look at iperf (3) and see if you can get close (95%+ to wire speed...)

[KPBlocks]

Hi I’m looking for a 10gbe network card sfp+ for windows 11

[GeekzHardware]

My 10G Copper Transceiver is so hot that you can’t touch it. Why does these get so hot???

[pivotindia]

Does X520 DA2 work with truenas scale and windows server 2022 ?

[StenIsaksson]

I never got above 5 Gbit with CAT5e cables