1) Seems the Intel I-225V chipset is not reliable. Maybe new silicon has been made but I do not know.
2) The Realtek 8025BG drivers are not official. But there are millions of systems with this chipset and I have not heard of issues with Linux.
So what is a reliable option regardless of cost. Do not and will not go with 10Gbit Nics as they are rumored to be incompatible with Soho ISP Gateway hardware that support PON as opposed to AON. (the fast expanding Passive vs. the Active which is falling out of favor with with the new neighbourhood build outs of FTTH).
Another reason not to go 10GBE is due to existing cat 5e cables in the walls. Way too much noise to have any chance of 10G working.
Cat 6 on the other hand will carry 2.5G without issue.
My new gateway ONT being proivisioned next week in my lab is an Adtran XGS-PON 622v. It supports 10GbitE but the way my ISP is rolling out the passive splitters, the real top speed will never exceed 2.5GBE. (Thus no need for a massive upgrade of my internal fabric to 10GBE.
There must be an obvious solution because 2.5GBE is the next cost effective step up for LAN and WAN.
2) The Realtek 8025BG drivers are not official. But there are millions of systems with this chipset and I have not heard of issues with Linux.
So what is a reliable option regardless of cost. Do not and will not go with 10Gbit Nics as they are rumored to be incompatible with Soho ISP Gateway hardware that support PON as opposed to AON. (the fast expanding Passive vs. the Active which is falling out of favor with with the new neighbourhood build outs of FTTH).
Another reason not to go 10GBE is due to existing cat 5e cables in the walls. Way too much noise to have any chance of 10G working.
Cat 6 on the other hand will carry 2.5G without issue.
My new gateway ONT being proivisioned next week in my lab is an Adtran XGS-PON 622v. It supports 10GbitE but the way my ISP is rolling out the passive splitters, the real top speed will never exceed 2.5GBE. (Thus no need for a massive upgrade of my internal fabric to 10GBE.
There must be an obvious solution because 2.5GBE is the next cost effective step up for LAN and WAN.