TP LINK - 10 gigabit: An excellent choice! - TX401 - 10 GbE

In this, our fourth video dedicated to high-speed networks, we are sharing with you our experience installing and using the TP-LINK TX-401 10 Gbps adapter with 1, 2.5, 5 and 10 GbE autonegotiation capabilities.

The TX 401 allows for hands-off installation (PnP) on windows 10. TP-Link argues that their drivers are available for Linux on their website and that they work just as well as they work on Windows:

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[timmy]

0:30 - _"Packets aren't going faster, there are just more lanes..."_
More lanes? A network cable has only 8 wires going through it, which are paired per two cables due to differential signalling, thus at max 4 lanes are available per ethernet cable.

Higher data rates are literally obtained by increasing the frequency on the ethernet cable. Cat5e is rated up to 100Mhz, Cat6 up to 250Mhz, Cat6a up to 500Mhz, Cat7 up to 600Mhz, etc. This increased frequency is also why the maximum rated cable distance decreases with speed. The higher the frequency, the more degradation over distance, thus he lower the max cable length.

In other words, the binary zero's and ones do go faster through the cable! :-)

[alessiopili]

Can i use it as a network card like the integrated on my motherboard?

[jyl]

I'm thinking of buying this as a replacement of i226-v. i225 and i226 in motherboard are just terrible. They always get disconnected.

[irbz]

I know this is an old video but ive been seeing fourms here and there mostly old but also talking to some people i know who have these network cards and they are all claiming that depending on the on board you have for your mother board you could see around a 20ms ping improvement in games. Can anyone confirm this? Even the products themselves flat out claim to improve latency in games and reduce packet loss compared to the onboard which to me is a bold claim to make about a tech product. I have done literally everything possible including having my old coaxial cables and the main housing unit that they feed into replaced by my isp (and yes while that did improve my ms by like 10), expensive high end ethernet cables, just everything.. 100s of hours spent trouble shooting and im still sitting in games like mordhau with 85 ping average, 65 in overwatch, etc. So I just assumed that well my location and isp network routing sucks but recently played with my "neighbor" (lives 10min away same town) who has a worse computer, worse package (we have same isp), worse physical internet infrastructure, just worse old everything but he was getting 25 less ms than me in a game. I helped build his pc and his motherboard is quite a bit better than mine and thats the ONLY thing hes got over my setup and from what I could tell (they dont really specifiy what it uses on their motherboard products page so have to dig and go off what others say) it has a nicer internal network card than mine. And so thats how I found out about these network cards and started looking into them. I know I could just buy, test, and return it if it doesnt work out, but will these work for my use case? I am absolutely willing to pay $100 for even a 10ms improvement. I dont need better framerate I need to actually SEE the person I'm fighting. Im trying to do my research but have no idea whats good or not whenever I look up "whats the best" not a single video or review fourm includes any of the same cards? Im kinda just going by amazon and newegg at this point and I "think" the best are (i know im not gonna get 10gigabit speed i dont care i just want whatever reduces packet loss the best and helps ping) TP-Link 10GB PCIe Network Card (TX401)-PCIe to 10 Gigabit (what you showed in this Asus 10Gbps Gigabit Fiber Optic and ASUS XG-C100C 10gb Single RJ-45 Port. Any of these good for that? wont make a difference? or is there one better suited for what im looking for somewhere else? Thank you to anyone willing to read this long comment ♥

[nathanielenochs]

When are we gonna start seeing 40GB Ethernet Switches & 40GB Ethernet Cards?

[adillpickle]

Will it work without a network and just hook from modem to computer? I have just upgraded to1.2 gig service from my provider but a 1 gig card that came in my computer won't get the new speeds.

[GlennPerdicaro]

Hello, are you tested this card whit windows server 2022?

[hknp]

well.... i am in need of this because my isp provider provides me with 10gigabit internet and my mobo doesnt support 10 gigabit ethernet T_T

[bingbang]

great video

the 10GB tp-link card looks very interesting but it does not work with my Truenas

Any recommendation for Truenas compatible 10Gb cards? i already have a switch that supports either SFP+ & rj45 10GBe

Thanks

[Zonediver]

And what's with WOL? is WOL working on this Card?

[TERMINATOR_.]

Can i use this pcie card for my b450 tomahawk max motherboard or my motherboard ethernet port is better than this
I want low latency net
My mother has Realtek 8111H Gigabit Lan controller

Thanks in advance

[debugin]

Realtek chipset caves under high workload in my setup