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Hardware Interface PCI Express x1, PCI
Color multicolor
Compatible Devices Desktop
Product Dimensions 4.2"L x 0.5"W x 5.5"H
Data Transfer Rate 25000 Megabits Per Second
UPC 810154018697
Global Trade Identification Number 00810154018697
Manufacturer Syba

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  • With this PCIe Card, you can add a 10/100/1000/25000 Mbps Ethernet port to any PC through a PCIe slot. Fits any PCI Express x1, x2, x4, x8 or x16 socket; additional 8cm low-profile bracket provides the option for installation in small size HTPC case.
  • This pci-based 10/100/1000/25000 Dual 2. 5 Gigabit Ethernet network adapter card provides a simple connection to two 2. 5 Gigabit Ethernet network, and is fully compatible with 802. 1Q virtual LAN (VLAN) tag. And Ethernet card which Is compliant to IEEE802. 3, IEEE802. 3U & IEEE802. 3ab.
  • The high quality PCIe Dual 2. 5 Gigabit NIC with 12cm profile bracket and additional 8cm profile bracket that makes it easy to install the card in a small form Factor/Low profile computer case/server.
  • 2. 5 Gigabit network card Compatible with a broad range of operating systems, including Windows 10, 8/8. 1, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, XP-64bit, Vista, Vista-64bit, 7, 7-64bit, Linux, 10. 7
  • What you get: IO crest 2. 5 Gigabit PCI-E network card x1, driver Disk x1, 8cm low-profile bracket x1. Backed by Syba 3 year hassle-free and lifetime customer service. Important Note: only work with PCI-E slot, not for PCI slot.

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    Product Description

    Provides two 2. 5 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity to Mac Pro towers and Windows PCs. Simple way to add or expand 2. 5 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity to any compatible computer. It is suitable for multiple market segments and emerging applications, such as desktop, mobile, workstation, server, communications platforms, and embedded applications.

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    Customers find the network interface controller adapter to work well for Windows workstations and servers. It's easy to install with drivers installing automatically. The card maintains two duplex 1Gbps channels without loading the CPU. They appreciate its compatibility with different operating systems and value for money. However, some customers have mixed opinions on speed, card support, and driver support.

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    134 customers mention "Functionality"102 positive32 negative

    Customers like the product's functionality. They mention it works well for Windows workstations and servers, adding zones or networks to a Sophos UTM network security appliance or server. However, some customers have reported issues with ESXi 7 and pfSense. Overall, they find the product reasonably priced.

    "...Overall, this is a great product and very reasonable in price and support." Read more

    "installed today Working great" Read more

    "...as of XigmaNAS 13.1.0.5.9725 this adapter is now recognized and works as-expected!..." Read more

    "...just run "apt install firmware-realtek", however, the network card works as-is, even without the extra package." Read more

    35 customers mention "Ease of installation"29 positive6 negative

    Customers find the installation process simple. The NIC is plug-and-play, with the drivers installed automatically. They say it works well and Windows 10 found it and installed the driver right away.

    "This upgrade to 2.5gig Ethernet is easy to install into a PCIe slot and drivers are included on the supplied mini CD...." Read more

    "...Under Windows 10/11, the adapter is usable with no additional effort or configuration on the user's side...." Read more

    "...It's super easy to set up - just pop it in, install the drivers, and you're set...." Read more

    "...This card is plug-and-play with no drivers needed on Ubuntu and Arch, and works with the official Intel drivers on Windows..." Read more

    23 customers mention "Port compatibility"18 positive5 negative

    Customers appreciate the port compatibility of the product. It maintains two duplex 1Gbps channels without loading the CPU. They say it works well with proxmox and allows passing through individual ports to vms. The dual 2.5G card works as expected, providing two NICs in one PCIe slot. Customers find it useful for copying game files to two machines and moving other data at the same time.

    "...It's perfect if you have a multi-gig setup but are bottle-necked by HDDs, or only have PCI Express x1 slots available - I have no issues getting 2.5..." Read more

    "Unraid loaded the driver and gave me 0 issues. Transferring large files, I was getting 2.1+ gigabit speeds...." Read more

    "works great with proxmox, able to pass through individual ports to vm" Read more

    "...my old Dell server, installed drivers and we're up and running with two extra gigE ports. Running under Windows 7...." Read more

    20 customers mention "Compatibility"17 positive3 negative

    Customers like the adapter's compatibility with different operating systems. It works with almost all virtual OSes, including ESXi-7.0U2d, Linux with default drivers, Windows 7, and most Linux distributions. Some say it works on their motherboards without any hassle.

    "...Under Windows 10/11, the adapter is usable with no additional effort or configuration on the user's side...." Read more

    "...with no drivers needed on Ubuntu and Arch, and works with the official Intel drivers on Windows (which I did need to download separately)...." Read more

    "Worked on TruNAS 13 as iSCSI adapter. On XCP-NG needed to locate driver for i225 chip...." Read more

    "...Windows recognized it right away and it’s running at 2.5gbit full duplex." Read more

    20 customers mention "Value for money"20 positive0 negative

    Customers appreciate the value for money of the dual port NIC. They say it's a good buy and an excellent value for the price.

    "...Overall, this is a great product and very reasonable in price and support." Read more

    "...Haven’t had any driver issues or connection problems, overall very happy for the price." Read more

    "This product was cheaper than the other comparable option, but I had quite a bit of trouble getting working drivers for it...." Read more

    "...I am happy with the speed improvement at a low price and not needing to install fiber optic cable...." Read more

    44 customers mention "Speed"25 positive19 negative

    Customers have mixed opinions about the speed of the network interface controller adapter. Some say it works well, getting full 2.5Gbps speeds and pushing full speed without complications. Others mention it only delivers 10Mbps, far from the promised performance, and has a 75-80% no response rate. Additionally, some say the card is slower than a dual port Intel card that's 10 years old, and gives slightly lower 10GBps throughput compared to their earlier Intel.

    "...But the good news is that it works at 2.5G. Price of this was $17 and change, the QNAP one is $70. I will deal with the duct tape." Read more

    "...Saturation still caused timeouts on a port but with the second port it did not go into kernel panic." Read more

    "...Capabilities: [204 v1] Latency Tolerance Reporting Max snoop latency: 71680ns Max no snoop latency: 71680ns Capabilities:..." Read more

    "...10g speed while it's actually working, but it will lose connection for four or five seconds at a time, seemingly at random...." Read more

    15 customers mention "Card support"9 positive6 negative

    Customers have different views on the card's support. Some find it great for PFSense and Linux, while others report issues with the computer not recognizing the card, the card not being natively supported in Unraid, and needing to download drivers.

    "...passed the two ports directly to a VM running PFSense which also no issue with card. Speed has been amazing so I am very happy for the price." Read more

    "The card wasn't natively supported in Unraid. But after installing the RTL8126 Drivers via Apps it was detected and is working as expected." Read more

    "Using this in my Untangle Server. amazing and reliable!!" Read more

    "Ubuntu 20.04 Server mainline kernel was not able to use this card...." Read more

    9 customers mention "Driver support"3 positive6 negative

    Customers have different experiences with the driver support. Some mention it works well without a driver installation on Ubuntu and Arch Linux, while others say they need a Realtek driver for ESXI 5.5, FreeBSD, and XP computers. The drivers included are only for the current kernel version, so an upgrade to a newer one may require a new installation.

    "...The DOWN side to this is that the driver is only installed for the current kernel, so when an update to a newer kernel happens you'll have to do..." Read more

    "...supplied mini CD. Many drivers are included including Windows 11, 10, Mac and Linux. Full speed is achieved using Cat 6 wire...." Read more

    "...the top port is inaccessible in some sff ports. realtek is not supported for esxi, but this is also true of the 2.5 gbe intel chipset that is..." Read more

    "No FreeBSD drivers. I wanted to use this to connect my NAS directly to my workstation on a dedicated link. Nope. It doesn’t see it at all...." Read more

    Is revision 03, but be wary of Linux/BSD use
    5 out of 5 stars
    Is revision 03, but be wary of Linux/BSD use
    Edit: as of XigmaNAS 13.1.0.5.9725 this adapter is now recognized and works as-expected! Thanks to ms49434 and zoon01 for applying a kernel patch to accept the PHY that is present. Original review follows.The adapter arrived in a small, cardboard box. The heatsink is attached securely. A hardware check indicates that the chip is revision 03.Under Windows 10/11, the adapter is usable with no additional effort or configuration on the user's side.Under Linux/FreeBSD, the adapter may or may not work depending on the version of the driver used to attempt init. Under FreeBSD specifically, support for the I225 was added in 13.1 via 𝚒𝚐𝚌, however the driver performs an unnecessary PHY vendor ID check, which may fail if the adapter reports an ID that isn't listed in an internal table.The fix (recommended by Intel themselves) is to no longer perform this check and instead assume a PHY for all I225 adapters. This fix is available in FreeBSD 13.2 and/or 14, and would need to be backported if using anything earlier.Examples; TrueNAS Scale 22.12.0 supports this adapter, while XigmaNAS 13.1.0.5.9687 (latest as of this review) includes 𝚒𝚐𝚌, but fails to init with the adapter I received.
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    • Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024
      Style: 2.5 GigabitSize: SI 1-Port 2.5GVerified Purchase
      This upgrade to 2.5gig Ethernet is easy to install into a PCIe slot and drivers are included on the
      supplied mini CD. Many drivers are included including Windows 11, 10, Mac and Linux. Full speed
      is achieved using Cat 6 wire. Both full form and small form factor hardware included - easy to change out.
      Ethernet socket has two LED indicators for link and speed which is good since other cards may not have
      these indicators or have holes to see through to an LED on the inside surface of the card. The Realtek chip
      and the software may be able to go to 10gig in the future since there is some references in drivers and
      other information of the system. Maybe a firmware update in the future for this?
      Overall, this is a great product and very reasonable in price and support.
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    • Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2024
      Style: 5 GigabitSize: 1-Port 5GVerified Purchase
      installed today Working great
    • Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2025
      Style: 2.5 GigabitSize: SY 1-Port 2.5GVerified Purchase
      I installed this in my old QNAP TS-563 expansion slot. I had to change to the low profile header, and then bend the header flat because QNAP decided to use a flat header. I will duct tape the header to the chassis. But the good news is that it works at 2.5G. Price of this was $17 and change, the QNAP one is $70. I will deal with the duct tape.
    • Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2025
      Style: 2.5 GigabitSize: SY 1-Port 2.5GVerified Purchase
      I can’t get any machine I own to recognize this device. It’s not a driver problem - the UEFI firmware just doesn’t even recognize there’s a device plugged in. I’ve tried messing with PCIe settings in the firmware, but no luck. The activity lights on the back of the card do come on, but that’s the extent of the activity I’ve seen from this card.
    • Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2024
      Style: 2.5 GigabitSize: 2-Port 2.5GVerified Purchase
      Never got to use these on Proxmox, but I’m using them a ton on my TeueNAS system. I have two dual 2.5GBe cards installed, one is LAGG’d to 5GBe to my switch and the other two are passed to VM’s. Haven’t had any driver issues or connection problems, overall very happy for the price.
    • Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2023
      Style: 2.5 GigabitSize: SY 1-Port 2.5GVerified Purchase
      Edit: as of XigmaNAS 13.1.0.5.9725 this adapter is now recognized and works as-expected! Thanks to ms49434 and zoon01 for applying a kernel patch to accept the PHY that is present. Original review follows.

      The adapter arrived in a small, cardboard box. The heatsink is attached securely. A hardware check indicates that the chip is revision 03.

      Under Windows 10/11, the adapter is usable with no additional effort or configuration on the user's side.

      Under Linux/FreeBSD, the adapter may or may not work depending on the version of the driver used to attempt init. Under FreeBSD specifically, support for the I225 was added in 13.1 via 𝚒𝚐𝚌, however the driver performs an unnecessary PHY vendor ID check, which may fail if the adapter reports an ID that isn't listed in an internal table.

      The fix (recommended by Intel themselves) is to no longer perform this check and instead assume a PHY for all I225 adapters. This fix is available in FreeBSD 13.2 and/or 14, and would need to be backported if using anything earlier.

      Examples; TrueNAS Scale 22.12.0 supports this adapter, while XigmaNAS 13.1.0.5.9687 (latest as of this review) includes 𝚒𝚐𝚌, but fails to init with the adapter I received.
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      5.0 out of 5 stars Is revision 03, but be wary of Linux/BSD use
      Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2023
      Edit: as of XigmaNAS 13.1.0.5.9725 this adapter is now recognized and works as-expected! Thanks to ms49434 and zoon01 for applying a kernel patch to accept the PHY that is present. Original review follows.

      The adapter arrived in a small, cardboard box. The heatsink is attached securely. A hardware check indicates that the chip is revision 03.

      Under Windows 10/11, the adapter is usable with no additional effort or configuration on the user's side.

      Under Linux/FreeBSD, the adapter may or may not work depending on the version of the driver used to attempt init. Under FreeBSD specifically, support for the I225 was added in 13.1 via 𝚒𝚐𝚌, however the driver performs an unnecessary PHY vendor ID check, which may fail if the adapter reports an ID that isn't listed in an internal table.

      The fix (recommended by Intel themselves) is to no longer perform this check and instead assume a PHY for all I225 adapters. This fix is available in FreeBSD 13.2 and/or 14, and would need to be backported if using anything earlier.

      Examples; TrueNAS Scale 22.12.0 supports this adapter, while XigmaNAS 13.1.0.5.9687 (latest as of this review) includes 𝚒𝚐𝚌, but fails to init with the adapter I received.
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    • Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2024
      Style: 2.5 GigabitSize: 6-Port 2.5GVerified Purchase
      Under Debian, if you see error messages in the log regarding the Realtek firmware (something like "failed to load rtl_nic/rtl8125b"), just run "apt install firmware-realtek", however, the network card works as-is, even without the extra package.
    • Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2020
      Style: 2.5 GigabitSize: SI 1-Port 2.5GVerified Purchase
      [UPDATE 7-6-2020]
      This card does indeed work as advertised in Linux. I was able to easily get 290MB/s throughput between two Linux computers via the Zyxel XGS1210-12 managed switch that has two 2.5gb ports. One computer has this PCIe card and the other is a laptop with a USB3.0 to 2.5gb ethernet adapter (Cable Creation) based on the Realtek chips.
      [/UPDATE]

      I am waiting on a Zyxel XGS1210-12 switch to arrive which has 2.5 gigabit ports to test the max speed of this card, but until then I can confirm this card works at least up to a gigabit throughput in Linux. BUT, the trick is you have to install a driver and, while easy if you know the steps, it is not something that was easy for me to *find* a up to date tutorial on as someone who's never compiled a driver before.

      There are a lot of outdated driver tutorials. I found one that works and am sharing it here.

      Saying that, please note these steps are ONLY for Linux Mint 19.3 which is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS which is based on Debian. So these steps may not be required in future releases. Both Ubuntu and Linux Mint are now at version 20 with kernel 5.4. I have not had a chance yet to test this card with those. But I will. I'm evaluating Linux Mint 20 in a virtual machine and will upgrade at a later date. Linux Mint says they will have an updater from 19.3 soon.

      If you are NOT using a Debian based Linux these specific steps will NOT work, but should be adaptable to other distros such as RedHat, Fedora, CentOS, Manjaro, OpenSuse, etc. with a little tweaking. It is my experience that a recompile of the entire kernel from source is not necessary. Only compile the driver and then add it. The Realtek script download does this. But there are some things you have to install first. (see steps below)

      If you are using FreeBSD you're going to have a difficult time because there are no drivers provided by Realtek for that operating system (at least from what I can see.) BUT, you may want to look into using the Windows driver in FreeBSD by using ndisgen or ndiswrapper. I know NOTHING about using those, but have read this is a workaround when no drivers are provided for a Unix-like OS such as FreeBSD. At least now you have a starting point for Google search.

      Steps to compile and install the driver for this card and others based on the Realtek r8125 chip:

      1. Download the r8125 driver for PCIe cards (not USB) from Realtek's website and unzip it. Make note of where you unzip it. Most browsers save to the Downloads folder of your home path.
      2. From a command line prompt (aka terminal) do the following:
      2a. cd {path to unzipped driver download}
      2b. sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential
      2c. sudo ./autorun.sh

      The autorun.sh file is included with the Realtek driver, in case you're curious. It's not part of Linux.

      After the autorun.sh file finishes the driver will be installed. Be patient. After it's done installing then the card may take a few seconds or a minute to get an IP address. In my experience a reboot of the computer was not required. It just started working on its own.

      The DOWN side to this is that the driver is only installed for the current kernel, so when an update to a newer kernel happens you'll have to do these steps again. (Unless the driver is in the new kernel.)

      There is a way to automatically compile and install the driver whenever the kernel is updated and that is called DKMS. I'm not familiar enough with it to provide notes on its use. But if you want to investigate on your own I encourage it. Gotta try to learn, right?

      I also have found a way to test speed of Ethernet ports using two computers. It is preferred, but not required, to connect both computers to a switch for the test, but it is possible to direct connect between two computers, assign IP address to each card, and test that way.

      SPEED TEST

      Speed test (both computers running Linux. Probably any version of Linux or even FreeBSD as nc and dd are usually already present)

      We will presume the first computer's IP address is 192.168.1.100.

      Step 1: If using a firewall open a port to test with. I use 12345 in these steps. Use what you prefer. Open a port on both computers (presuming firewall is on both) because you may want to test in both directions. This test only tests one way at a time. Sometimes I get different speeds (on other adapters, specifically USB Ethernet) so it is good to test both ways.

      Step 2: On first computer that will be the "server" type this at the command line
      nc -vvnlp 12345 >/dev/null

      After pressing enter the computer will sit patiently waiting for something on that port.

      Step 3: On the second computer that will be the "client" type this at the command line
      dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=1K | nc -vvn 192.168.1.100 12345

      The test will begin but you will not see a status until the test is done and it will report the speed.

      Be patient.

      This tests throughput of a 1 gigabyte data stream. If you want more change the count to a higher number like 2K or 3K or less like 250, 500, 750. Doing a longer or shorter stream has not, in my experience, resulted in any better or worse speeds than a gigabyte of data.

      Once the test is done and the speed is shown (1 gigabit is usually about 118MB/s) you will need to press Ctrl-C to break out of the command and it will return the terminal prompt on both computers.

      To do the test the other direction, just run the server command on the other computer and vise versa. Note, you'll need to know the IP address of the other computer and use that instead of 192.168.1.100.

      After I get a 2.5Gb switch I'll test with that and show results here.
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    • Arie Valstar
      5.0 out of 5 stars Works well
      Reviewed in Canada on January 11, 2025
      Style: 2.5 GigabitSize: SY 1-Port 2.5GVerified Purchase
      Works well for what I needed it for
    • Dave
      5.0 out of 5 stars Installed in minutes and is working great!
      Reviewed in Canada on July 3, 2024
      Style: 2.5 GigabitSize: SI 1-Port 2.5GVerified Purchase
      My Dell has an on-board gigabit adapter and I was getting 947 Mbps Up and 944 Mbps Down, after I installed this card, I got 1619 Mbps Up and 1091 Mbps Down on Bell Fibe 1.5 Gbps service. It's only been a week but so far so good!! There is one weird thing about this card, the ethernet socket is upside down when the card is installed. If you mount it above a graphics card plug, the clearance is a little tight to access the tab, other than that it works great!
    • MikeS
      5.0 out of 5 stars Works in Proxmox and OPNSense
      Reviewed in Canada on January 2, 2023
      Style: 2.5 GigabitSize: 2-Port 2.5GVerified Purchase
      Using this dual port card in a PC running Proxmox 7.3 and OPNSense 22.7.9. I passed both ports as virtio Network Devices from Proxmox to OPNSense. It worked right away and has been stable and solid since then (over a month running 24/7).
    • James H.
      5.0 out of 5 stars Fan is quiet
      Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 4, 2024
      Style: 2.5 GigabitSize: SY 4-Port 2.5GVerified Purchase
      I was concerned that the small fan on the card would be loud.

      I cannot even hear it in my OPNsense firewall situated in my Livingroom.
    • Alexander J Haughin
      5.0 out of 5 stars Works with openwrt
      Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 8, 2024
      Style: 2.5 GigabitSize: 2-Port 2.5GVerified Purchase
      I've tested

      Pfsense - not working no driver
      Opensense - not working no drivers
      Windows - working
      OpenWRT - working out the box.
      Ubuntu - working
      Unraid - working
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      Alexander J Haughin
      5.0 out of 5 stars Works with openwrt
      Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 8, 2024
      I've tested

      Pfsense - not working no driver
      Opensense - not working no drivers
      Windows - working
      OpenWRT - working out the box.
      Ubuntu - working
      Unraid - working
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