Dual-Port PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter with NetXtreme BCM5720-2P Chipset PCI Express 1000M Network LAN Card for Windows Sever Linux Ubuntu VMware

I upgraded my esx from 7 to 8 and found my self in a world of hurt! After days of research and a few NIC’s, I found this one. Plug and play. No need to make a custom drivers image. If you use VMware, and need multi connections for whatever your running, this is the cheap nic that works!

Dual port so you can set up a server firewall and or NAT server. Lots of possibilities. or just keep a port available for when that inevitable lightning strike occurs and knocks one out.

Works great with ESXi 8.0.3. No issues.

Buena calidad, excelente

Speed tests showed I had problems, even though I was hardwired to the router. I plugged in a USB wi-fi adapter that worked much better than the wired connection, confirming that the on-board port was not functioning correctly. This solved the problem, allowing me to return to a wired connection, which gives really fast speeds. Once installed, you must tell your computer to disable the motherboard port and use this new port instead.

I was locked at 100mbps with my Realtek cards... This fixed my issue.

Was a dummy and bought a different card that didn't work post ESXi 6. This card however worked perfect. Put into maintenance mode, shut down, installed and rebooted. Both ports accessible and functional in networking.

For a home LAB works with ESXi7 and ESXi8 nothing else matters ;-)