Ah, now I know why I didn't find it--I was searching by the black box part number.It was bought from the US site.
Ah, now I know why I didn't find it--I was searching by the black box part number.It was bought from the US site.
The problem is that if it was never intended to be put on a nic, then probably some features of the real i210 won't be there unless the the chinese boards somehow rigged things to either look like they are working or figure out a bypass to intel's blocks. Either way, this is the type of stuff I just stay away from. I would trust it more if someone in the homelab community was making these nics by hand, but coming straight from shadyland is a 'hell no' moment for me.By the way Samir, I had checked since then, and the i210AS seems to have been a special embedded model of the i210 with only a single NIC meant for embedded applications (perhaps as modules, or single purpose devices), at least according to Intel's documentation.
Intel shows the 4-port at 4.4W and the 2-port doesn't come up on a search.Does anyone know the power consumption of the I340-T2? I'm really just curious. I put together an OPNsense box for my mom in an HP T620 PLUS bare meta. I went with the I340 primarily because a seller listed five server pulls for $15 each shipped, and the I350's were $40 or more. The system doesn't have to do anything but be a very basic bare metal router, so I didn't really need the features of the I350 anyway. I'm assuming it's like 2.5-3.0 watts? All the data around is for the T4 and that's like 4.3-4.4 watts.
I also suspect less issues with counterfeit as everyone wants the I350-T4, not really the I340-T2. The one I ordered has a yottamark sticker as well and is the Intel part number.
Researching this a bit, I ran across this STH article which in the comments, someone mentioned that there seems to be new fake 340s on the market now:Does anyone know the power consumption of the I340-T2? I'm really just curious. I put together an OPNsense box for my mom in an HP T620 PLUS bare meta. I went with the I340 primarily because a seller listed five server pulls for $15 each shipped, and the I350's were $40 or more. The system doesn't have to do anything but be a very basic bare metal router, so I didn't really need the features of the I350 anyway. I'm assuming it's like 2.5-3.0 watts? All the data around is for the T4 and that's like 4.3-4.4 watts.
I also suspect less issues with counterfeit as everyone wants the I350-T4, not really the I340-T2. The one I ordered has a yottamark sticker as well and is the Intel part number.
Yeah, I mad my guess on 2.5-3.0 watts based on the T4 datasheet. The T2's don't even have a heat sink ever it seems.Intel shows the 4-port at 4.4W and the 2-port doesn't come up on a search.
This is a phenomenal price though.
Haven't looked into this yet because I think the possibility is slight on an I340-T2, it's just not a comparatively desirable card. Still one never knows so I will do my research. Thanks.Researching this a bit, I ran across this STH article which in the comments, someone mentioned that there seems to be new fake 340s on the market now:
i350am series seem to be good. but i340 may be from recycle. many years ago, some news already said lots of old chips, cpus were from recycle only. There was a famous market, Shenzhen Huaqiangbei. even such news was sad to whom needs them, but it is fact.Researching this a bit, I ran across this STH article which in the comments, someone mentioned that there seems to be new fake 340s on the market now:
Firmware for the I340/I350 should be in the complete PROSET package under APPS\BootUtil.Is there a " Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) update" (i.e. Firmware) update for the I340? Because if there is I can't find it. All I can find is the PREBOOT suit.
That's what I thought, but it's like Intel removed it for the I340. It says it's not the correct firmware when I try and flash. If you look at the release notes the I340 is absent as well. I even downloaded the oldest version on Intel's site and the I340 isn't even in that! It's like Intel is, "Let's pretend this never happened."Firmware for the I340/I350 should be in the complete PROSET package under APPS\BootUtil.