I can't believe how badly Intel screwed up its 2.5gbit ethernet chip - the i225 seems to be a rolling, rumbling disaster, and the drivers as bad (the one for Linux does not pick up the proper MAC address and, instead, installs the same MAC for every one of these in the box.)

The successor, the i226 seems better, but it is hard to find those, especially as dual-port NICs.

It's so bad that it has driven me to consider using Realtec NICs for my 2.5gbit needs!!!

(I've also had trouble on new Mac Mini's with the 2.5/10gbits copper network interface - I had to turn off AVB/EAV mode [which is deeply hidden in the control panel.])

#2.5Gbit #ethernet #i225 #i226

@pmdj me neither, but I considered them on several occasions as they proudly advertise the use of #i210 or even #i225 NICs and if I had to rebuilt my current setup I'd likely chose one of those if not a 1U version...

There are some even with 10GBit/s NICs [usually an intel #X540 2-port SFP+ card] cuz that would make sense.

Also the #i350-T4 I use has been scalped to 3x it's price when I built that system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgBaRzmOqjQ