H!Fiber Gigabit 4 Port NIC with Intel I350 Chip, 1Gb Network Card Compare to Intel I350-T4 NIC, Quad RJ45 Ports, PCI Express 2.1 X4, Ethernet Card with Low Profile for Windows/Windows Server/Linux

I'm using a pair of these Gigabit Dual NIC with Intel 82576 Chip on OpenBSD. Worked OOB. It's been running for about a month now. I've had no trouble getting ~1gbps saturation on these cards between machines tested with iperf or through the internet with various speed test sites.

Our Dell XPS 8930 at church that we use for streaming has the Intel "killer" ethernet E2500 chipset in it. Worked good for a long time, but then all of the sudden it would start dropping out during a service. It would disconnect for a few seconds, then reconnect. It would do it quite often. Tried updating the drivers and trying other tweaks found with net searches but no luck.We switched to wifi but that was causing issues too, the video would stutter or freeze from time to time. Probably because too many devices were connected to it?So decided to try add-on card in the computer. The X4 slot was being used for a video capture card and the X16 for a video card. It has 2 X1 slots but I think the video card covers one of them.After the fiasco with the E2500 was hesitant to go Intel again but the I210 chipset gets good reviews so got this one. Thankfully was able to squeeze this into the open X1 slot and so far so good, our streaming connection appears to be solid now and speedtest is reporting 200/200 which is what our internet service is. Even changed the settings in OBS to get a better picture and it handled it like a champ.

I was trying to install VMware ESXi 7 on an old Dell XPS desktop system, but ESXi would not recognize the built-in NIC, and thererfore wouldn't complete the installation. After multiple failed attmpts to follow online and YouTube instructions on how to "inject" NIC drivers into the ESXi ISO, I gave up and decided to try a new card.I purchased the "Gigabit PCIe NIC with Intel 82574L Chip" since this chipset is actually listed in the VMware Hardware Compatibility Guide, and the Amazon description claimed it to be ESXi 7 compatible. I was pleasantly surprised that the card was identified by ESXi, and the installation completed without any problems.I can't speak about whether the other NICs on this Amazon page would work with ESXi 7, mainly because the descriptions for some of the cards do not explicitly mention being ESXi compatible. But I can definitely recommend the one with the 82574L chipset based on my success... plus the price is right!

This is a review of four related products purchased here on Amazon.1. Klein Tools VDV826-703 Pass-Thru™ Modular Data Plug, CAT6, 50-Pack (ASIN B076PRM7W8)2. Klein Tools VDV226-005 Compact Pass-Thru™ Modular Crimper (ASIN B07R3GK9FQ)3. Soft Plastic Ethernet RJ45 Cable Connector Boots by Copapa (ASIN B07219KGC4)4. H!Fiber 1Gbe Ethernet Network Adapter (ASIN B074PPRQQK)I’m using CAT 6 UTP (23 AWG) that I bought from a local home center.1. I found the Klein Tools VDV826-703 Pass-Thru™ Modular Data Plug, (CAT6, 50-Pack) to be easy to use. This is my first-time using pass-thru connectors, and I have mixed feelings, but that’s not what this is about. The 23 AWG wires fit in snuggly but did require a bit of convincing to pass thru. They are more expensive than some others that are available, but I know these will work perfectly, especially with a same brand crimper.2. The Klein Tools VDV226-005 Compact Pass-Thru™ Modular Crimper did its job flawlessly. The insulation is held tightly in place, the crimp felt secure, and the pass-thru wires were cut perfectly flush. I still need to try this with cheap plugs, to see if they are cut just as flush, but these work great with their own.3. While I don’t usually use boots, I decided to give them a shot as they make the wires look more “finished”. I purchased the blue Soft Plastic Ethernet RJ45 Cable Connector Boots by Copapa. While they didn’t cost much, they were very soft and fit okay. I wish they were a little tighter around the wire, but that can vary from brand to brand. Overall, I’m happy with them.4. Once the cables were completed, I plugged them into a H!Fiber NIC (Intel I350-T4 chipset). They all fit nicely together, even with the boots. That network card is not the V2, and that was expected. The V2s are harder to find and there are no performance differences. The revision was made to fix a slight power surge during power-on. The network card performed flawlessly with pfSense and I was able to configure two LAGGs with LACP support. One to a Cisco managed switch, and the other to my cable modem (SB8200) but I’ll save those for a different review. This card is working perfectly.

I ordered this card and received a damaged product. Metal bracket to fix the card to the PC case was bent. Additionally it was not attached correctly and the card look damaged. I contacted Amazon for a replacement and they immediately sent one next day. Unfortunately the replacement had its own issues. The box had been previously opened and it was missing parts. Additionally the screw hole on the metal bracket for this replacement card did not line up with the screw hole on the card and so I could not attach the metal bracket. The quality control from this card is obviously not great. I would not recommend getting this.

Easy to install and drivers already built into Debian

Works great.. no problems..

Fast and absolutely compatible with my older motherboards.