With my ongoing tests with my new 2.5gbps network card, I have been complaining for a few days about the speedtests not reaching the promised rates.

I use Speedtest by Ookla CLI. And sometimes, I get what I expect, and sometimes only a few hundred megabits/seconds. With the NIC I use, I should...

A few days ago, I made myself a little present, and bought a 2.5Gbps NIC for my home server (this one precisely)

This card uses a Realtek 84125B chip, which is certainly the most common chip used for 2.5NICs. This is the chip you find on almost all cards below 50€, and almost all motherboar...