Support existing CAT-5 UTP cabling with automatic crossover detection

Single-lane(x1)PCI-Express End-point controller with PHY integrated

Compliant with PCI Express 2.0 Gen1

Compliant with PCI Express M.2 Specification version1.0

Compliant with PCI Power Management 1.2

Connector type: M.2 B+M KEY, size: 22 x 80mm

Integrated 10M BASE-Te and 100/1000M/2.5G/5GBASE-T 802.3 compatible transceiver

Supports 5G, 2.5G and 1G Lite mode

Auto-Negotiation with Extended Next Page capability(XNP)

Support PCI Express Specification Revision 2.1

Supports pair swap/polarity/skew correction

Crossover Detection& Auto-Correction

Supports 1-Lane 2.5/5Gbps PCI Express Bus

Supports hardware ECC(Error correction code)function

Supports hardware CRC(Cyclic Redundancy Check)function

Supports PCI MSI (Message Signaled Interrupt)and MSI-X

Transmit/Receive on-chip buffer support

Supports ECMA-393 ProxZzzy Standard for sleeping hosts

Wake-On-LAN and RealWow! Technology (remote wake-up)supports

Compatible with IEEE802.3,IEEE802.3u,IEEE802.3ab

Supports IEEE1588v1,IEEE1588v2,IEEE80.2AS time synchronization

Supports IEEE802.1Qav credit-based shaper algorithm

Supports IEEE802.1P Layer 2 Priority encoding

Supports IEEE802.1Q VLAN tagging

Supports IEEE802.1ad Double VLAN

Supports IEEE802.3az (Energy Efficient Ethernet)

Supports IEEE802.3bz(2.5GBase-T)

Supports full duplex flow control(IEEE802.3x)

Supports jumbo frame to 16K bytes

Supports Virtual Machine Queue(VMQ)

Supports quad core Receive Side Scaling(RSS)

Supports Protocol Offload (ARP&NS)

Drivers for Vista /Win7 / Sever2008/Win8/ Sever 2012 / Win10 /Win11 / Linux, DOS

Package content

1 x M.2 B+M RTL8126 5GBASE-T Ethernet Adapter

1 x Users Manual

1 x CD

1 x Low profile bracket

Accessories

System Requirements

Linux ,Win7/Win8/Server2008/Win8.1/Server2012/Win10/Win11

One available M.2 B+M KEY slot


Hardware installation

1.Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord

2.Remove the computer cover and the adapter slot cover from the slot that matches your adapter

3.Insert the adapter edge connector into the slot and secure the bracket to the chassis

4.Replace the computer cover ,then plug in the power cord

5.Power on the computer


Install Drivers and software

Windows Operating Systems

1. Please insert the CD driver bound into your CD-ROM Drive.

2. Double-click to open the CD-ROM drive and find the driver corresponding to the system.

3.1 For Windows® Win7, Server 2008 R2(32/64 bit)

TypeRTL8126\Windows\Win7_Server2008 R2\Install_Win7_7127_10222019\setup.exe, Double click it.

3.2 For Windows® Win8, Win8.1 Server2012(32/64 bit)

TypeRTL8126\Windows\Win8_8.1_Server2012\Install_Win8_8.1_8073_10222019 \setup.exe, Double click it.

3.3 For Windows® Win10 (32/64 bit)

TypeRTL8126\Windows\Win10\Install_Win10_10036_10222019\setup.exe, Double click it.

3.4 For Windows® Win11 (32/64 bit)

Type RTL8126\Windows\Win11\Install_PCIE_Win11_11.4.1201.2021_01182022.exe

4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.



Support

More information and settings, please refer to the Adapter User Guides or you can contact us.