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Do you have a Windows machine?  I tried under Linux and OPNsense and could not get it to work properly.  Finally booted into Windows and was able to get it to read the card and flash it. 

Mine is a generic two port card as well from AliExpress. 

Thank you for the suggestion! I don't have a windows desktop PC, but I can install it on a spare disk on the Optiplex I'm using.
Will try that!

Where did you get the flash tool from? If it's a legit i226v then there is no reason for the flashing to fail, but using the right util matters.

Another fast way to do it, get flash util from Intel bundle download, the one for linux. Download Ubuntu iso (any version), Rufus Ubuntu iso to USB, then copy your 226 util/cfg/bin to the USB. From there boot the device with usb using the "try it" mode option. Once booted make sure you can find the 226s with lspci -vvv |more

From there, just use the flash util that is on the usb. Simple.

Thank you!
I got the linux tool from Intel (it's the intel ethernet adapter complete driver pack, is it the right one?). I used it on a Proxmox host (latest kernel) installed on disk.
The freebsd tool I got it from post #39, the aws link, so I thought it was the correct one. There's no freebsd version in the driver pack.

Hello!

First of all, thank you for the guide!

I'm having the same problem as Olmari in post #159, though I have a generic dual-port i226v NIC (pcie x1)
The update fails without much more detail. (same exact output)

The system is a Optiplex 3050, i tried both on Linux (with the linux utility) and on a OPNsense 25.7 live ISO.
Running it on OPNsense, the inventory option didn't work (while on linux it did).
But in both cases, the update does fail in the same way.

After the failed firmware upgrade (from version 1.17) the nic doesn't have any MACaddress and it needs a reboot (hot one is fine) to be recognised correctly again.

What can be the problem here?

Thank you