Has anyone tried a PC with an inbuilt Intel 2.5 Gb NIC on board (a 1225v)?
I've been looking at options to build a PC for linuxcnc with an I3 (have not done that for over 15 years)
Apparently the NIC requires the intel .igc driver which was added in kernel 5.16. Bookworm seems like its rolled forward to the 6.0 kernel now so it should be supported. Boards like the Gigabyte B560M Aorus Pro have this NIC and result in a more affordable build than others with Intel 1 gb NIC on board.
Interesting looking at some reviews on the Intel EXPI9301CTBLK PCI-Express Gigabit Network Adapter I am considering, there were a number of reviews from linux users along the lines of:
I've found from experience that Intel NICs tend to be particularly good. I'm a Linux user, and Intel's NICs are well-supported, they tend to Just Work, and work well. Sure enough, threw this in to a Ubuntu 18.04.1 machine, and it was immediately recognised and I was away.
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If you care about throughput then you need an Intel card. Virtually all other NICs out there use the Realtek chip which has issues on Linux which are very well documented. Realtek NICs also don’t deliver true gigabit throughput very often in my experience.
I think we care about Throughput......
Sadly all the USFF PC's seem to use Realtek...
If we could come up with a simple hardware recommendation, it would be helpful...
