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

This is Windows 11 compatible, which is the main reason I bought it, but it performs very nicely, connects to my 10Gb hub just fine and seems to get near its rated speed. There's always some overhead, but this is holding up its end nicely so far. It is a bit pricey, not sure why 10Gb kit is still so expensive compared to plain old gigabit stuff.

I corroborate the other 1-star reviews. It's literally unusable in any scenario. This item is completely defective. Do not buy it under any circumstances.

keep crashing during heavy usage, skip this and spend more for intel x550.

18 months UPDATE: Pros: My three TP-Link 10Gb TX401 Ethernet cards are still working great. Two of them are installed on Asus Prime X299-A II motherboards, and the third one is installed on an ASUS TUF GAMING Z790-PLUS WIFI motherboard. Now connected with CAT6 cables at full 10Gb stable speed. Two of the cards are installed in Hyte Y60 cases hidden behind the vertical GPU with their included 8 cm low profile brackets. WoL works fine using the free "Wake on LAN (Magic Packet)" app from the Microsoft Store. Cons: Sometimes, randomly, after waking up the computer from sleep, the network card may take more than ten seconds before reconnecting to the network at 10Gb speed. But this happens quite rarely. Original review: Finally, an affordable 10Gb Ethernet network card with Wake-on-LAN (WoL) that works! The TP-Link 10Gb TX401 Ethernet card has a hardware design that supports Wake-on-LAN (WoL). Most other 10Gb Ethernet cards from other brands do not support WoL. When the PC is put to sleep mode, the TP-Link TX401 remains switched on and connected to the network while waiting for a Magic Packet to resume the PC if this option is enabled in Windows. To run properly at full 10Gb speed, the TP-Link TX401 network card must be installed in a PCIe 3.0 x4 expansion slot. It is also compatible with faster PCIe 4.0 x4 to x16 slots. The TP-Link TX401 has a Marvell (formerly Aquantia) AQtion AQC107 chipset. All three cards I bought had firmware version 3.1.100. Instead of using the drivers provided on the CD-ROM, I downloaded the latest official drivers and firmware from Marvell Public Driver Downloads website. In Category, select Marvell Public Drivers and in Part Number, select AQC107 and click Apply to view available downloads. I updated the cards to firmware 3.1.121, and I'm using Marvell Windows drivers version 3.1.7. For my LAN setup, the TP-Link TX401 cards are connected to a TRENDnet TEG-S750 5-Port 10GbE switch. The switch is also connected to the 10G Ethernet port of the Bell Giga Hub. Surprisingly, I get a stable 10 Gbps connection speed over CAT5e cables with a lenght of 40 feet max. Even though the 10G speed is perfectly stable, I will upgrade the cables to CAT6 to meet the minimum requirements for 10G Ethernet speed. Files copy between PCs are at full 1GB/s speed using NVMe drives. Of course, I get slower speed with SATA SSDs or HDD drives. For internet speed, I always get the full speed that the Bell Giga Hub gets because the LAN is not limited to a slower speed. The TP-Link TX401 will auto negociate with slower LAN speeds (100Mbps, 1Gbps, 2.5Gbps, 5Gbps). I tested it with an older TRENDnet TEG-S350 2.5GbE switch and it works just fine at 2.5G speed. So far, so good. Very happy with the result.

Acabo de instalarla en dos PCs y las conecté directamente (sin switch ni ruteador) una a la otra con un cable cat8 de 10 metros que compré aquí mismo en Amazon. Mi necesidad de esta tarjeta es poder intercambiar archivos a alta velocidad entre ambas computadoras. No compré aún un switch de 10Gbps porque son caros y de momento no tengo más equipos a esta velocidad. Por ahí ví algunos comentarios que dicen que la velocidad no es la prometida. Estoy seguro de que o no estaban usando un cable calificado, o están tratando de alcanzar la velocidad con un switch/ruteador que no admite esta velocidad. Todo parece estar funcionando perfectamente, los drivers los identificó Windows Update por lo que no tuve que instalar nada de Asus. Adjunto una foto de una transferencia que hice de prueba de un archivo muy grande de una PC a la otra, la cuál muestra una velocidad completamente estable y a la velocidad esperada. Se copió rapidísimo. Muy satisfecho de momento. :-)

As an IT professional, I use a lot of different hardware, and I do mean A LOT. I have 6 different computers on my desk at work, just for me. I also have a lab with 6 computers at home where I teach myself about new technologies, something every truly serious IT professional has (or should have). I recently had the opportunity to acquire a switch for my home lab that supports 10Gbps on some of its ports. It's an enterprise-grade managed switch that's very similar to what we use at work, so naturally I snatched it quicker than a hungry snake striking at a mouse. It affords me the chance to learn more about the management features in an environment that is safe to really dig in and experiment without fear of crashing the network at work. At work, I also have a 10Gbps link between a couple of my computers and the server rack. It's really nice to have when troubleshooting issues. It's also really nice for speedy communication with the file server. Network drives perform as if they are local drives. Since I got my "new" (to me, anyway) switch at home, I decided to go ahead and get a few of these 10Gpbs network cards to go with it. They are fantastic! The drivers in Windows were easy to install and work well, and my Linux box simply saw it and started using it right out of the chute. It really could not have been easier to get them up and running. It's been a fantastic upgrade to my home lab.

Works as expected