@Fernando
You attached wrong driver 
IntelĀ® Ethernet Adapter Driver v24.4 is now available.
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/downloaā¦k?product=36773
Whatās new
Release 24.4 removed the following from the installation package:
Support for PRO/100 devices
DOS drivers
UEFI driver support for PCI/PCI-X devices
Support for WinCE
Upgrading to Release 24.4 or later will automatically remove FCoE if it was installed in a previous release. Please see BootUtil.txt if you use FCoE Boot.
Removed the Microsoft* Windows* 10 RS3 (NDIS65) Universal Drivers. Please use the NDIS68 drivers.
IntelĀ® Ethernet Adapter Driver v24.5 is now available.
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/downloaā¦k?product=36773
Whatās new
Support for the IntelĀ® Ethernet Controller I225-LM
Support for the IntelĀ® Ethernet Controller I225-V
IntelĀ® Ethernet Adapter Driver v25.0 is now available.
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/downloaā¦k?product=36773
Whatās new
Support for the IntelĀ® Ethernet Network Adapter X710-T2L for OCP 3.0
Support for the IntelĀ® Ethernet Network Adapter X710-T4L for OCP 3.0
Release 25.0 removes the following from future SW Release installation packages:
PRO100 drivers and option ROM
PRO1000 WinCE drivers
PRO1000 DOS drivers
PRO1000 UEFI driver for PCI/PCI-X devices
NVM Update Package 7.2 for IntelĀ® Ethernet Network Adapter 700 Series
Attached is the currently latest 64bit Intel Ethernet driver for Intel i217, i218 and i219 Ethernet Controllers.
It is v12.8.9.17 WHQL dated 12/29/2019 and designed only for Win10 x64.
Thanks to Station-Drivers for the source package.
64bit Intel i217-i219 Ethernet driver v12.18.9.17 WHQL for Win10 x64.rar (568 KB)
Hello guys,
Here is a quick question for you which I have been interesting in;
Comparing in-box Windows 10 (1809) Intel driver vs Intel themselves, which driver is better? When you upgrade you get advanced options like PME, EEE (Green ethernet) and Ultra low power settings.
The big question is, does the NIC have these options OFF by default on HW level unless a driver is installed which support these functions? OR does the NIC enable these on a hardware level by default, and you can only disable these by use of an actual Intel delivered driver?
I really canāt find any information on this from either Intel or Microsoft.
I would take the latest Intel driver, which supports your on-board Intel Ethernet Controller.
Microsoft has nothing to do with the development and manufacturing of such drivers.
I would take the latest Intel driver, which supports your on-board Intel Ethernet Controller.
Microsoft has nothing to do with the development and manufacturing of such drivers.
Ah I get that, Intel delivers drivers to Microsoft, but these drivers donāt have options as PME, Green ethernet and stuff out of the box, so my question is do these inbox drivers have them disabled by default?
Do you know any resources that show jitter/latency or some benchmark on different intel drivers?
Edit: nvm im probably overthinking this. Ill use your last posted driver
Thereās a new driver available on Station-Drivers
It includes driver version 12.18.9.20 dated 02/03/2020 for Intel i217, i218 and i219 Ethernet Controllers.
The package in attachment is for Win 10 x64 Only.
12.18.9.20.zip (351 KB)
Very good Driver better latency!!!
Attached is the currently latest 64bit Intel Ethernet driver v12.18.9.6 dated 11/25/2019 for Intel I210/I211 Gigabit Network Connections while running Win10 x64.
64bit Intel I210-I211 Ethernet driver v12.18.9.6 WHQL for Win10 x64.rar (304 KB)
Thereās some interesting tips for tweaking the advanced settings available from Intel Adapters User Guide.
https://downloadmirror.intel.com/28410/eā¦_Guide_25_0.pdf
Optimized for quick response and low latency
- Minimize or disable Interrupt Moderation Rate.
- Disable Offload TCP Segmentation.
- Disable Jumbo Packets.
- Increase Transmit Descriptors.
- Increase Receive Descriptors.
- Increase RSS Queues.
Optimized for throughput
- Enable Jumbo Packets.
- Increase Transmit Descriptors.
- Increase Receive Descriptors.
- On systems that support NUMA, set the Preferred NUMA Node on each adapter to achieve better scaling across NUMA nodes.
Optimized for CPU utilization
- Maximize Interrupt Moderation Rate.
- Keep the default setting for the number of Receive Descriptors; avoid setting large numbers of Receive Descriptors.
- Decrease RSS Queues.
- In Hyper-V environments, decrease the Max number of RSS CPUs.
Is it just me? When always I go to that version, I get a Code 39 in device manager.
Reverting back to 12.18.9.1 and all is fine.
What could be the reason?
@Morku :
Maybe the Device ID of your on-board Intel Ethernet Controller is not supported by the latest Intel Ethernet driver.
Please compare the HardwareIDs of your Controller with the text of the driverās INF file?
I have checked and the full information is: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_157B&SUBSYS_00008086&REV03
The device PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_157B is included in both driverversions 12.18.9.6 and 12.18.9.1
So of course thats why Windows not refuse to install the driver and it should work. But it doesnāt: Code 39
Version 12.18.9.6 is even part of Intel Ethernet 25.0 collection.
The inf file of 12.18.9.1 is identical for my device. So this is not the reasonā¦
For simple gaming i.e. it makes no sense to have RSS which can only complicate matters, same for increased buffer sizes, higher buffer sizes on high network load could mean less lost/delayed packets for low latency apps.
I honestly think this advise is for high network load whilst retaining lowest possible latency in that scenario.
Intel 12.19.20 newer with different hash (the driver date is the same but the driver is 5 days newer)
For Intel i217, i218 and i219 Ethernet Controllers, for Win 10 x64 Only.
*I advice an moderator to pin this thread as i think that is important.
intel nic 12.18.9.20.rar (657 KB)
New package 25.1 available on Intel site.
It includes 12.18.9.23 dated 20/04/2020 for Intel i217, i218 and i219.
In attachment is for Win 10 x64.
12.18.9.23.rar (303 KB)
And attached is the currently latest 64bit Intel Ethernet driver v12.18.9.7 dated 03/05/2020 for Intel I210/I211 Gigabit Network Connections while running Win10 x64.
64bit Intel I210-I211 Ethernet driver v12.18.9.7 WHQL for Win10 x64.rar (565 KB)