ASUS NUC 13 Rugged - cannot make working

[qarkhs]

There was a bios update (0041) for the ASUS NUC 13 Rugged released on 1/16/2025. Link.

[k4linx]

Hi I have the same problem but never plugged in wan, just restarted. Are there any new insights or fixes. I disabled aspm, EEE, even swapped lan and wan ports. But still WAN drops and admin interface is sometimes unreachable.

[EVAgames]

Update: seems that the issue is related to more to ASUS than intel. Yes, intel i226 is buggy, specially with 2.17 NVM. But there are some ASUS ASPM issues. Not recommend using this NUC for OPNsense, unless you plan to virtualize it. I've contacted ASUS, had loooooong discussion asking for firmware, maybe i226 NVM ROM to update on my own risk. Their answer is strict: no support for LAN FW updates, their current BIOS is fine. Please use Windows. :)

I've replaced my ASUS with Protectli Vault Pro VP2430. Same i226-V, same 2.17 NVM (according dmesg) and no issues. Works fine, stable. Not 2.5gbps, but about 2.3gbps with MTU1500 and I'm fine with that.