[solved] Intel i226 Firmware (see post #39)

[Lucid1010]

According to current community information, the latest version is v2.36.

[davidfi01]

Where can 2.36 be downloaded from?

thanks in advance,
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[BrandyWine]

According to current community information, the latest version is v2.36.

I can only find v2.32.
Maybe Intel has a v2.36 hidden behind one of their community pages?
I myself find it ridiculous that Intel makes it very difficult to get at NVM's.


Just a side note, I am working on very new Beelink EQ14 that has i226v (2MB) with old NVM. Another bewildering scenario, hardware makers are failing to at least flash the hardware with latest firmware. But since we have this thread, all fixed in a jiffy. :)

[Lucid1010]

It seems that we need an Intel Partner account to download the latest firmware.

[mikey313]

while upgrading my lan and wan to 2.5gbit I connected the lan port to the new poe zyxel core switch and boom. Network down. Even the unifi ap needed a power cycle. I could bypass with a unifi 1gbit switch to keep it working. I tried it all to make the nic compatible, with all tunable but only these posts here saved me. The only problem was the i226-v firmware. Now working smoothely


OLD

[00:002:00:00]: Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V
   Vendor                 : 8086
   Device                 : 125C
   Subvendor              : 8086
   Subdevice              : 0000
   Revision               : 4
   LAN MAC                : 5847CA7D759C
   Alt MAC                : 000000000000
   SAN MAC                : 000000000000
   ETrackId               : 80000303
   SerialNumber           : 5847CAFFFF7D759C
   NVM Version            : 2.23(2.17)
   PBA                    : G23456-000
   VPD status             : Not set
   VPD size               : 0
   NVM update             : No config file entry
     checksum             : Valid
   OROM update            : No config file entry
     CIVD                 : 0.0.0
     EFI                  : 0.1.4, checksum None

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NEW

[00:002:00:00]: Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V
   Vendor                 : 8086
   Device                 : 125C
   Subvendor              : 8086
   Subdevice              : 0000
   Revision               : 4
   LAN MAC                : 5847CA7D759C
   Alt MAC                : 000000000000
   SAN MAC                : 000000000000
   ETrackId               : 80000422
   SerialNumber           : 5847CAFFFF7D759C
   NVM Version            : 2.50(2.32)
   PBA                    : G23456-000
   VPD status             : Not set
   VPD size               : 0
   NVM update             : No config file entry
     checksum             : Valid
   OROM update            : No config file entry
     CIVD                 : 0.0.0
     EFI                  : 0.1.5, checksum None


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