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I was instantly able to take advantage of my new 2000mbps internet service.

Got this card to replace dead on board Ethernet port. For some reason, it feels faster than what I had on the motherboard. Can't beat it for the price. Comes with an extra low profile bracket in case you need it.

Plug and play!

I had no issue getting 10g speed with my ASUS 10G switch and CAT 6a cable. It is great getting 500+ mbs copying files from one computer to another.

-Great quality -Small size (but powerful) -Great drivers Intel makes reliable hardware, CPU's, SSD's, NIC's, in the past even MP3 players! There NIC's perform better than the Realtek onboard solution (I did benchmarks to confirm). The drivers provided are also better (they even give you a small explanation on what each option does). If 90% of your computer activity depends on your connection to the internet or network than everyone should consider upgrading their onboard NIC. I am using this on a desktop PC.

AWesome card

Worked out of the box on FreeNAS 8.3. Worked with Intel drivers on CentOS 6. Speed is comparable to other 10gbit solutions.

Windows 10 Pro support VLANS Jumbo Frames More ports than i could ever use.

Working flawless. Used it to connect an Ethernet thermal camera and worked without a hitch. Windows 8 even installed the driver automatically via windows update.

Works with the "UF-MM-10G Multi-Mode Fiber, 10 Gbps SFP+" and the Ubiquiti switch. 10x faster than 1G. Works with linux.

When feeding 3Gbaud traffic with standard 1500byte frames thru this NIC, performance is better due to interrupt offloading capabilities, compared to Intel Quad-port gigabit NICs.

The obvious question is why one would purchase this card over the far cheaper options. Generic 1Gbps NICs can be had for just over a tenth the cost, while Intel's desktop varieties run less than half the price of this card. Leaving aside the cheapest cards - ones I've found to cause more problems with data corruption and reliability than it's worth - the main reason to go with a server card is if you will be loading it heavily. If you're running your own datacenter, power-saving features such as EEE and DMA coalescing are handy, but that likely doesn't apply to most potential customers for this NIC. The I210T1 does an even better job at offloading calculations than previous generation NICs.Saturate a full 1Gbps connection with multiple streams and you'll see CPU usage drop in comparison to what it is with desktop cards. We put this card in a workstation to replace the on-board Realtek NIC. System CPU time dropped by 20-30% under very heavy network loads after switching to the I210T1. Another benefit to the I210T1 - and a possible reason to upgrade to this new model - is Audio Video Bridging (AVB) support. When working on projects where multiple media streams need to be perfectly synchronized, AVB worked wonders. Older NICs simply could not keep everything synced perfectly. We needed to work on 10Gbps connections instead. Being able to accomplish the same feat with a much cheaper card is great! The I210T1 is tiny. It fits easily even in systems with bulging heatsinks and video cards.

No issues, dead simple on CentOS 7

easy plug and play install did improve net speed.