10G Network card with AQC113 controller

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Any one have experience adding a 10G Network card with AQC113 controller?

I am running TrueNAS Scale 25.10.1.

Any comment would be appreciated

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Whats going on with it? Been running one pretty ‘functionally’ for a bit now. Only issues I have are after boot that I’ve found a workaround for.

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I havn’t purchase one yet. I heard it might not work and that is why I asked.

Would you please discribe the issue and the work around?

Appreciate

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I get a weird thing where I have a bridge setup, but after boot the main interface randomly assigns itself an ipv6 ip & the nas is unreachable on lan - including the webgui (even though nothing in the config should give it one & with dhcp disabled). So I have a script that shuts down the bridge & the port, turns off lro & gro, removes the ipv6 ip from the interface, then turns back the port then turns back on the bridge.

…this restores local access to the web gui, but for whatever reason I then have to make a random change in the network tab in the web gui & then revert it to restore all functionality. Oh, also reset apps & refresh catelogue afterwards.

…After that everything works perfectly until the next reboot. I could prolly even find the apis for the random network change & revert + the app reset/refresh & have it all happen in a script after a reboot, but so far I’ve been too lazy to do so as I don’t reboot often.

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I think you are say the AQC113 network card turned up without much issue. I don’t think I have any bridge set up in TrueNAS. It only has one single 1gb Ethernet port. I guess I shouldn’t have the problem. Would you agree?

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Likely not - I got a bridge setup just to share files between NAS & VMs hosted on it

Edit: “Likely not” in the sense that “I agree that without a bridge setup there is less chance of you having issues”

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Thanks. I was quite a few posts about 10G NIC issues. I am switch gear and looking towards LAGG. I done it once with two 1g ports.

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I’ve heard negative things about that card and its network reliability, and a common complaint is that is gets very hot.
Consider getting the new RTL8127 NIC (which is also PCIE 4.0) and waiting for TrueNAS 26, which will include a driver for it. That chip has a lower TDP of 2W, and recent Realtek drivers for Linux are fairly reliable, especially compared to the disastrous Intel i225/i226 line.

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