Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter, M.2 A E Key Single Port Gigabit Server NIC Adapter 1000M RJ45 Ethernet NIC.

I am building a Snort IPS running on Ubuntu server, at first no card was detected on my Lenovo M600 10G9 thin client so i got frustrated over the course of a week and i ended up reinstalling Ubuntu server as a fresh install and i used the space bar to tic "search for 3rd party drivers" option during the installation process, and after this, the card was detected and and worked! the card also came with a CD with the intel drivers but i dont have a cd player on my thin client. Right now this is working well with snort as an IPS and its detecting traffic passing between both of my NIC cardsI tried this and failed with PFsense on freeBSD and i couldnt figure it out, you might have to do some research on how to get the drivers to work on freeBSD if you're doing that, im a noob and i didnt want to put the time into it.physically the card will fit under the condition of cutting a notch out with tin snips (Lenovo M600 10G9 )and filing the edges down to make it smooth. the breadboard is a little bit wider than normal but it will fit the m.2 slot that sits around the corner inside the machine.

EDIT: Added photoes showing hacked up cage which was meant for a WiFi card (smaller than this card).EDIT: Note I attached a heatsink to Intel i210 chip, but it is NOT required, per Intel specs.EDIT: Also note, I drilled a hole onto the PCI bracket to add a power connector.I've been trying to build a do-it-all *small* PC in mini-ITX form factor, but it's hard to get everything I need when the board only has one PCIe (x16) slot. Bifurcation is an option, but adapters are rare, and incompatible with most cases.This allowed me to add an extra Gigabit Ethernet port to my Asrock Fatal1ty B450-ITX/ac, without using up the PCIe slot. I simply removed the WiFi cage and m.2 WiFi card in it, and plugged this into that slot. I did not need to change any BIOS settings. I kept the "WAN Device" to Disabled.With an APU (iGPU), and with an m.2 NVMe PCIe card, I now have two Intel Gigabit Ethernet and two NVMe drives. I could even get a bifurcation capable NVMe PCIe card and expand it to 4 total NVMe drives (1 under the board, and 3 on the bifurcation card, because BIOS only allows x8x4x4, not x4x4x4x4 bifurcation).Definitely worth the money if you have a usecase for it.The only thing I don't like is that it's keyed to fit into WiFi m.2 slot, but not into an NVMe m.2 slot. I don't see why it was made that way. NVMe slot has 4 PCIe lanes, and using just one of it to run this ethernet card should work fine, but alas, it doesn't fit.

I was unable to get this to work at all in an older Dell Optiplex micro PC (8th gen CPU). Originally purchased to add a second NIC for OPNSense (which I know is picky), so also tested with various Linux distributions with no luck.... none of them saw the card at all. Went with a Realtek-based m.2 adapter, which worked straight away with OPNSense.

I bought this hoping that it would work for my system, and I’m very happy to say it exceeded my expectations in every way.I needed a second network interface for my Dell Optiplex 7070 MFF system. These are tiny machines with no conventional expansion slots. I was hoping that the WiFi M.2 slot would work with a regular network card - it did. I was also hoping that the panel mount adapter would fit into the tiny slot on the back - it did with screw holes matching perfectly. The cable is the perfect length to reach and while it’s all a tight fit with a 2.5” drive installed, as long as it is a thin (7mm) drive, it will fit - just barely.I’m thrilled with how this ended up - I now have a machine with two physical interfaces to use as a router.I should add that while it came with drivers, both Windows and OpnSense detected and supported the interface without issue.

Will not fit thinkcentre tiny computers. Researching the product this item will fit into the wlan but the lan connector will not let you close the case.

Seeing all the reviews of it fitting Dell and what looked to be Lenovo Micro form factor PCs I figured I'd give it a shot. It appears to be an Intel i210-AT chipset, so there's bonus points for that if your goal is Linux. The bummer is the ribbon connector is too tall and in my HP ProDesk 600 G4 the hard drive tray wouldn't fit on top. If you're using an NVMe drive you'll be good. The other problem I seen was the lack of screw to hold the board into position. Being how little clearance there was between it and the hard drive tray it might not have mattered, but it wasn't going to fit anyways. I see in one reviewer picture they used that non conductive yellow tape to hold theirs down, so it seems I wasn't the only one who didn't get their hold down screw. I cannot comment if it works or is actually an Intel chipset, but others have said it works great.

Used to add a 2nd NIC to a Dell Wyse 5070 thin client for use as an OPNsense router. There is a 3D printed mount available on Thingiverse for the 5070. It was a very tight fit with the M2 slot (due a plastic piece on the Wyse client) but it is working excellent!

This was recognized on both my Dell 3060 Micro and HP Elitedesk 800 G5 mini computers with the latest BIOS installed. Unfortunately, it wasn't recognized on my HP Elitedesk 800 G3 mini computer, also running the latest BIOS. On the Dell, you can mount the ethernet module right on the backplate for a factory finish look. On the HP Elitedesk mini it will require something like printing item 5287455 from thingiverse in order to achieve the same result.

Came dead on arrival, tried in 3 different computers and was never detected in mutliple operating systems including Linux, BSD and Windows.