Recommended Nic card

[cisco.nj]

hi all,

I am new to freenas and just installed it on my hp proliant server. The problem is, it keeps disconnecting. I have read that their is sometimes nic problems with certain systems. Can anyone recommend a nic card?

Thank you

 

[blanchet]

What is your hardware ?
Which NIC do you use?

The best NICs for FreeNAS are

• 10G: Chelsio or Intel.
• 1G: Intel

Top Picks for FreeNAS NICs (Networking)

We have 1GbE, 10GbE (SFP+ and 10Gbase-T) and 40GbE networking options for the top FreeNAS NICs as storage performance is network dependent.

www.servethehome.com

Nevertheless, there are other NICs that work very well, like the Broadcom BCM5720 which is found on many HPE and DELL servers.
I have a HPE Proliant Microserver Gen8, with a Broadcom BCM5720 1G NIC on board, and it works very well.