Recommendations for a 10gbps NIC?

[Meddling-Monk]

Regretting purchasing my 10Gtek 10Gb PCI-E NIC Network Card, Single Copper RJ45 Port, with Intel X540-BT1 Controller. It drops repeatedly (fortunately only briefly but not good during a PUBG match) and I missed that it doesn't do WoL.

A lot of the 10g cards that don't properly support WOL can have it simulated if you have an onboard port on your motherboard. the WOL packet is sent to that address to wake the system, and once loaded up the os has a setting that tells it to use the 10g nic by network weighting. so you sort of get WOL with the 10g card, but of course it does take up your motherboard port and a port on the switch/router.

As for the disconnecting, it looks like the card you have only supports 100/1g/10g and 10g can be notoriously flakey if there is even the smallest problem or fault with the wiring being used. Have you tried using different wiring to your other 10g devices to make sure its not just a fault cable or port somewhere giving you unnecessary problem with the card?

 

[RSR]

A lot of the 10g cards that don't properly support WOL can have it simulated if you have an onboard port on your motherboard. the WOL packet is sent to that address to wake the system, and once loaded up the os has a setting that tells it to use the 10g nic by network weighting. so you sort of get WOL with the 10g card, but of course it does take up your motherboard port and a port on the switch/router.

As for the disconnecting, it looks like the card you have only supports 100/1g/10g and 10g can be notoriously flakey if there is even the smallest problem or fault with the wiring being used. Have you tried using different wiring to your other 10g devices to make sure its not just a fault cable or port somewhere giving you unnecessary problem with the card?

To add onto this:

I've often had issues with the SFP+ to RJ45 adapters on 2.5Gb / 5Gb / 10Gb NIC to the point I have stopped using them now. They seem to be fine on fairly short cable runs, but 10m+, they can be fussy.