TP-Link 10GB PCIe Network Card (TX401)-PCIe to 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter,Supports Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7, Servers 2019/2016/2012 R2, and Linux, Including a CAT6A Cable

Worked fine. My 8 years old Desktop computer(Dell XPS 8930 had one issue - it's RJ45 port stopped working for the last 6 months for no good reasons). Desktop has wifi card on the motherboard but wifi is bit slow and I really wanted faster internet speed for work. I was using USB ethernet adapter for better reliability but speed was very slow. My entire home has LAN/Ethernet ports(so really wanted to take advantage of it). This card worked as a charm. Zero issues in terms of installing it. No need to install any drivers in Windows 11 Pro. Working fine.

Gave new life to my Z790. Ethernet on motherboard failed and this card got me running again. Nothing was needed other than plug it in and select the new connection.

This works great, we have 2 older pc running 9th gen cpu's, we have 2 gig tds fiber and average 2100 down and 2000 up on both computers.

Is a great card and works great on Windows 10. Unfortunately, does not work on Windows 11 and would blue screen of death on a windows upgrade or clean install.

Worked great with my Windows 11 computer. I did download the drivers before installing in case I needed them. Glad I did. It has been working great ever since I installed in my computer. Highly recommend.

Solid 10GBE network adapter

Purchased this PCI adapter because the NIC (INTEL I225-V) on my motherboard is a piece of garbage (im not the only one), and didn't want to replace the whole motherboard with a different one. The i225-v wont negotiate 1Gbps with the router. Installation was fairly simple, booted, and connected right away with the correct duplex speed.

I bought TP-Link's 10gbe (TX401) card on sale after having Google Fiber 8gbit internet installed at my house. I also have a TP-Link AX16000 router, and multiple TP-Link switches. Until this card, I had nothing but great things to say about the value or 'bang for buck' of their products. Still no major issues with their brand, just steer clear of this card.My Win11 gaming machine kept randomly dropping connection under various load. Sometimes 1gbps, sometimes 6gbps. I didn't try it in my NAS so I can't comment.I had an extra Intel X540-T2 in my stash so I decided to put that in and give it a rip. Works flawlessly so I am returning this TP-Link 10gbe card. I tried various cables, drivers, settings, and all sorts of stuff to try to get it to work. Ultimately if it drops at random, it's useless. I was hoping to purchase a few more of these for our other machines in the house to remove my reliance on eBay 'Genuine' Intel cards.Other interesting behavior: it gets really, really hot. I suppose that's not surprising but I am concerned it doesn't have a fan on it to keep itself cool. I rigged up a 140mm fan near it and that seemed to cool it down quite a bit, but it didn't solve my issues.Aside from random drops, the performance copying files from my NAS was incredibly strange. My NAS also has an Intel X540-T2 and using my motherboard's built-in 2.5gbe (also Intel) NIC, I was able to get ~260-270MBps copying files over SMB. The TP-Link was all over the place: sometimes 10MBps, sometimes 200MBps. At random it seemed to do 800MBps with no real reason I could determine. This was between two Samsung 980 Pros on either end, so no caching/overhead shenanigans in theory.I'd be happy with this product if it was simply plug and play and didn't drop connection - even if it couldn't actually handle 10gbit sustained. I rarely see over 3-4gbit with Google Fiber (real world, not speed test) and my NAS drives top out at just under 900MBps anyway.