ipolex 10Gb Network Card X520-DA2-Intel PCI-E Ethernet Card NIC Dual SFP+ Port E10G42BTDA, Intel 82599EN Controller, 10G PCI Express LAN Adapter Support Windows Server/Windows, Linux, Vmware

I had trouble getting it working on windows 11 even trying some other tutorials I found on the internet. The seller sent me the above image with a note and the card comes up very well on both ports now. For the price this is the best value I have found even through it is using a "old" driver. It works well connected to my Ubiquiti set up. I am glad they responded with a note, I had figured I would have to use it on a server platform instead of a workstation. Follow the video from the link above and it will come right up in windows 11. It will warn you about driver signing but it is an Intel driver it is just that they are not keeping up with windows 11. Beyond that the card works well on my mother board. It has a well designed heat sink and where it is located in system it has a case fan directly cooling it. For the price you are not going to beat the card.

You’re thinking upgrading for a nas just do it, this definitely makes the massive difference. For the price. I didn’t have to install anything else.. it was just plug-in play on my server and I’ve had no issues with it

Good process and product

The NIC is a powerful asset for the low cost. But the installation process is a bit convoluted. You have to dive through Intel driver layers to directly install the 10GBe NIC driver through Device Manager. Not all that difficult, just a bit aggravating. Otherwise, solid. I used the Wired_driver_30.0_x64 and installed the driver for WIN10/11 from the:\\Wired_driver_30.0_x64\PROXGB\Winx64folders, don't go any deeper in the install search.

Installed in my PC and booted up. The light on the NIC flashed and indicated it was connected to 10G but Windows showed "no internet connection". Moved to my onboard NIC (2.5Gb) and it was fine. Went back to the 10G and it worked for a while, and well. Rebooted my PC and now it refuses to detect the NIC. Tried installing generic Intel drivers, the ioplex drivers, and letting windows detect it, nothing is working. Reseated the card, rebooted, still nothing. It just doesn't get properly detected by Windows. I knew the price felt too good to be true.

Worked great in my home TrueNAS server!

Does not support 2.5GBE and I wish it did.

Got this for my Proxmox machine; It works fine with a Windows 2019 VM but TrueNAS Scale and Ubuntu VMs not so much – they get a valid IP via dhcp but no network connectivity so I think there are issues with Linux drivers or kernel. I just ordered a SolarFlare SFN6122F which TrueNAS reports works (see TrueNAS resources: 10 Gig Networking Primer), if it does, then I’ll be returning this.‘lspci -vvxnn’ below:Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection [8086:10fb] (rev 01)Subsystem: Beijing Sinead Technology Co., Ltd. 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection [1dcf:030a]Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytesInterrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16IOMMU group: 5Region 0: Memory at 84180000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]Region 2: I/O ports at 3020 [size=32]Region 3: Memory at 84204000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]Expansion ROM at 84100000 [disabled] [size=512K]Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold-)Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable+ 64bit+Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000Masking: 00000000 Pending: 00000000Capabilities: [70] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=64 Masked-Vector table: BAR=3 offset=00000000PBA: BAR=3 offset=00002000Capabilities: [a0] Express (v2) Endpoint, MSI 00DevCap: MaxPayload 512 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64usExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset+ SlotPowerLimit 0WDevCtl: CorrErr+ NonFatalErr+ FatalErr+ UnsupReq+RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ FLReset-MaxPayload 256 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytesDevSta: CorrErr+ NonFatalErr- FatalErr- UnsupReq+ AuxPwr- TransPend-LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 5GT/s, Width x8, ASPM L0s, Exit Latency L0s unlimitedClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- ASPMOptComp-LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes, Disabled- CommClk+ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-LnkSta: Speed 5GT/s, Width x4 (downgraded)TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Range ABCD, TimeoutDis+ NROPrPrP- LTR-10BitTagComp- 10BitTagReq- OBFF Not Supported, ExtFmt- EETLPPrefix-EmergencyPowerReduction Not Supported, EmergencyPowerReductionInit-FRS- TPHComp- ExtTPHComp-AtomicOpsCap: 32bit- 64bit- 128bitCAS-DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis- LTR- 10BitTagReq- OBFF Disabled,AtomicOpsCtl: ReqEn-LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS-Compliance Preset/De-emphasis: -6dB de-emphasis, 0dB preshootLnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -6dB, EqualizationComplete- EqualizationPhase1-EqualizationPhase2- EqualizationPhase3- LinkEqualizationRequest-Retimer- 2Retimers- CrosslinkRes: unsupportedCapabilities: [e0] Vital Product DataUnknown small resource type 06, will not decode more.Capabilities: [100 v1] Advanced Error ReportingUESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-UESvrt: DLP+ SDES- TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr+CEMsk: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr+AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, ECRCGenCap+ ECRCGenEn- ECRCChkCap+ ECRCChkEn-MultHdrRecCap- MultHdrRecEn- TLPPfxPres- HdrLogCap-HeaderLog: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000Capabilities: [140 v1] Device Serial Number xxxxxxxxxxxCapabilities: [150 v1] Alternative Routing-ID Interpretation (ARI)ARICap: MFVC- ACS-, Next Function: 1ARICtl: MFVC- ACS-, Function Group: 0Capabilities: [160 v1] Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)IOVCap: Migration- 10BitTagReq- Interrupt Message Number: 000IOVCtl: Enable- Migration- Interrupt- MSE- ARIHierarchy+ 10BitTagReq-IOVSta: Migration-Initial VFs: 64, Total VFs: 64, Number of VFs: 0, Function Dependency Link: 00VF offset: 128, stride: 2, Device ID: 10edSupported Page Size: 00000553, System Page Size: 00000001Region 0: Memory at 00000060e0300000 (64-bit, prefetchable)Region 3: Memory at 00000060e0200000 (64-bit, prefetchable)VF Migration: offset: 00000000, BIR: 0Kernel driver in use: ixgbeKernel modules: ixgbe