Best NIC for 1000/1000 Fiber

[Donut417]

7 hours ago, Sid Manly said:

I'm asking to avoid buying a headache. anyone that has a good one that fine and works would be great, let me know!

A simple, 'Here check this one out, it works fine." would do. But no, this forum is full of blanks. 

Your biggest problem is going to be a router. Most consumer routers cant hadle 1Gbps, even though they have Gigabit ports. Thats where Id be doing the research. Most NIC's should be able to do 1Gbps no issues as long as they are rated for Gigabit. I think Intel is considered to be some of the best Networking Chipsets. So maybe look in that general direction if your worried. 

[Lurick]

35 minutes ago, Donut417 said:

Your biggest problem is going to be a router. Most consumer routers cant hadle 1Gbps, even though they have Gigabit ports. Thats where Id be doing the research. Most NIC's should be able to do 1Gbps no issues as long as they are rated for Gigabit. I think Intel is considered to be some of the best Networking Chipsets. So maybe look in that general direction if your worried. 

The AT&T router provided (the Arris BV210) can basically saturate a gigabit link. While it's always nice to have additional control beyond that with your own router, if the OP doesn't care much about that then the provided router is actually pretty decent and they can't get rid of it anyway because it's what's doing the authentication onto AT&T's network.

 

OP, if your NIC is cutting in and out from the motherboard I would honestly look at replacing it if possible. I know that's not always easy to do but you can pick-up a gigabit Intel NIC for about $15-$30. A couple good ones I know of:

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-1000Mbps-Gigabit-Ethernet-supported/dp/B003CFATNI

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Gigabit-Network-Adapter-EXPI9301CTBLK/dp/B001CY0P7G

[mariushm]

Intel E1G42ET PCI-Express Dual Port Server Adapter - Newegg.com

Intel EXPI9301CTBLK PCI-Express Network Adapter - Newegg.com

Intel EXPI9402PTBLK PCI-Express Two Gigabit Copper Server Connections - Newegg.com

Intel EXPI9301CT PCI-Express Desktop Adapter Gigabit CT - Newegg.com

Intel E1G44HTBLK 4 x 1gbps PCI-Express 2.0 Server Adapter I340-T4 (Bulk Pack) - Newegg.com

 

 

 

 

 

[Donut417]

17 minutes ago, Lurick said:

The AT&T router provided (the Arris BV210) can basically saturate a gigabit link. While it's always nice to have additional control beyond that with your own router

I was speaking in General sense. Plus it’s common in the US not to use ISP supplied networking equipment. There are ways to by pass the ATT box with an IP pass thru mode I think I read. You still use it for authentication, but have a 3rd party router. 
 

Also where does the OP say ATT. Verizon also has similar service but install and ONT and separate router. 

[Lurick]

7 minutes ago, Donut417 said:

I was speaking in General sense. Plus it’s common in the US not to use ISP supplied networking equipment. There are ways to by pass the ATT box with an IP pass thru mode I think I read. You still use it for authentication, but have a 3rd party router. 
 

Also where does the OP say ATT. Verizon also has similar service but install and ONT and separate router. 

He mentioned it here:

 

 

Yah, I use passthrough mode on mine but it's just a thing you can't get rid of so I was just saying OP should get the NIC first and focus on a new router later but I totally agree, from a general sense with your post

You have the same setup as Verizon with AT&T, ONT to seperate router

[Sid Manly]

20 hours ago, Blue4130 said:

When you saying Fibre, do you actually have fiber going to the pc or rj45 with an ont instead the middle? 

It is fiber to the ONT box, than RJ45 to the modem and RJ45 to the tower. All of it is on CAT6 (I know 5e is fine, just clarifying.)

 

[Sid Manly]

14 hours ago, Donut417 said:

Your biggest problem is going to be a router. Most consumer routers cant hadle 1Gbps, even though they have Gigabit ports. Thats where Id be doing the research. Most NIC's should be able to do 1Gbps no issues as long as they are rated for Gigabit. I think Intel is considered to be some of the best Networking Chipsets. So maybe look in that general direction if your worried. 

I have the PC's that are hardlined directly to the modem and than the 4th port is feeding a router for phones, tablets, TV's, etc. 

I found a link someone posted and piced one that had a whackton of good reviews. It should be a good replacement for my 

issue. Also, would it be worth my while to get a 3rd party modem?

[Donut417]

Just now, Sid Manly said:

modem?

Fiber connections dont have a modem. The ONT is the closes thing to a modem you have. The box between the ONT and PC is most likely a router of some kind. 

[Sid Manly]

Just now, Donut417 said:

Fiber connections dont have a modem. The ONT is the closes thing to a modem you have. The box between the ONT and PC is most likely a router of some kind. 

The ONT has a fiber line going to it and there is an RJ45 going to the Arris box, which is a 4 port "switch/router/thing". 

 

[Donut417]

3 minutes ago, Sid Manly said:

The ONT has a fiber line going to it and there is an RJ45 going to the Arris box, which is a 4 port "switch/router/thing". 

 

Like I said, the Arris box is just a router. So buying another router to connect to it is kinda a waste of time. Because you will have cascading NAT. To me its not worth it. Either replace the arris box or buy some kind of Access point if you need to extend your WiFI. 

[Sid Manly]

I use the second router with the wifi on the arris set to off. the range on the netgear one is much, much better. 

 

[alex75871]

21 hours ago, Blue4130 said:

When you saying Fibre, do you actually have fiber going to the pc or rj45 with an ont instead the middle? 

Must be RJ45 because in an earlier post he said he was using his motherboard network port.

 

Any network card created in the last decade will work. I personally use Intel i350-T4 v2 in my firewall server, however, that has 4 network ports. You could get the 2 port version (i350-T2 v2) for cheaper.

 

Cheaper still is an Intel i210AT single port card for around $15-20. These chipsets are typically used on entry-level servers and premium motherboards.

[Blue4130]

3 hours ago, Sid Manly said:

It is fiber to the ONT box, than RJ45 to the modem and RJ45 to the tower. All of it is on CAT6 (I know 5e is fine, just clarifying.)

 

I'd go Intel x520 with the rj45 connection. Sure it's 10gbe, but then you have options for high-speed nas in the future. 

[mtz_federico]

Here are a few that look good, I would recommend first doing an iPerf test (a local speed test between two computers, and try using different Ethernet cables and different Ethernet ports, try different servers in whichever speed test site your using, try at different times of the day.

 

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-TG-3468-Gigabit-Ethernet-PCI-Express/dp/B003CFATNI

 

https://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-1000Mbps-Ethernet-supported-RC-411v3/dp/B004F34ONC/ref=pd_cp_147_1/142-8267994-9926903?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B004F34ONC&pd_rd_r=1ee01e72-6226-4bb3-a00c-c294a663f16b&pd_rd_w=a1jUx&pd_rd_wg=pCHCB&pf_rd_p=0e5324e1-c848-4872-bbd5-5be6baedf80e&pf_rd_r=MVVH7YFTKFVVGKV8EZH4&psc=1&refRID=MVVH7YFTKFVVGKV8EZH4

 

Note: I am not responsible if any of this network cards don't fix your issue

[Sid Manly]

15 hours ago, mtz_federico said:

Here are a few that look good, I would recommend first doing an iPerf test (a local speed test between two computers, and try using different Ethernet cables and different Ethernet ports, try different servers in whichever speed test site your using, try at different times of the day.

 

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-TG-3468-Gigabit-Ethernet-PCI-Express/dp/B003CFATNI

 

https://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-1000Mbps-Ethernet-supported-RC-411v3/dp/B004F34ONC/ref=pd_cp_147_1/142-8267994-9926903?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B004F34ONC&pd_rd_r=1ee01e72-6226-4bb3-a00c-c294a663f16b&pd_rd_w=a1jUx&pd_rd_wg=pCHCB&pf_rd_p=0e5324e1-c848-4872-bbd5-5be6baedf80e&pf_rd_r=MVVH7YFTKFVVGKV8EZH4&psc=1&refRID=MVVH7YFTKFVVGKV8EZH4

 

Note: I am not responsible if any of this network cards don't fix your issue

Thank you for the choices. I've done speed tests and link tests between systems, the network port on my motherboard is kaput. I mentioned it earlier in a different comment.