sarandi2020-02-17 - Monday
I had a sneaking suspicion that I bought the wrong (and indeed I did - a first gen/PCIe 1.0a!) model. D'oh! At 2.5 GT/s it still is faster than Gigabit, but that's not the end of the lousy features. The good/funny thing is that it's same vintage/era as the Dell itself. But the card very well might not fit my case, as I for some stupid reason got the "full height" version instead of "low profile". So. We'll see.
https://forums.serverbuilds.net/t/demystifying-intel-pro-1000-quad-port-nics/2401
The feature set isn't as broad as subsequent models but it'll have to do until/unless I hit another roadblock, or case-block, as the case may be (too short). Not a huge deal, but not great. I was really looking forward to the onboard traffic-shaping and QoS features.
Here's the official documentation page for the chipset (not the card itself):
Curiously, this product line goes back to 2005Q3 - yikes.
Card documentation:
Downloads and Software:
Now we're finally getting somewhere. I'm not sure if pfSense/FreeBSD supports this model, so here's my safety net:
Complete (OS Independent) Driver Pack:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/22283?product=50495
FreeBSD Driver:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/17509?product=50495
The NIC That Should Have Been:
More resources:
- https://www.cnet.com/products/intel-pro-1000-pt-quad-port-server-adapter-network-adapter-39y6138/
- Dubious and possibly not obviously helpful; Note - this document shows a quad port NIC but text lists it as a "Interfaces 2x RJ45 ": http://www.arp.com/medias/14309656.pdf
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