RobAinscough

Many thanks, sounds like it might be an experiment ... make sure my Amazon return policy is good. 🙂 Cheers, Rob. EDIT: reading thru this doc and still not absolutely clear if it'll work so I think experiment is the only option.

Here are screenshots from the Asus Z690-I manual for USB4/Thunderbolt: It should work with just an MB replacement for Z690-I Cheers, Rob.

More digging it seems UnRaid is based on Linux Slackware 15.x which was released in 2022 and that was based on Linux Kernel 5.15.x ... sooooo, I thinking a motherboard swap for the Z and getting that external 10GbE Thunderbolt 3/4 NIC will hopefully work -- $500 experiment unless someone has more info? Cheers, Rob.

I was able to locate more info on the Thunderbolt 3/4 to 10GbE external network interface. It supports Linux Kernel 5.0+ ... so I guess the question now is what version of Linux is UnRaid based on? Cheers, Rob.

I have similar question, but for USB 3.2 / Thunderbolt 3/4 (using USB-C port connector) ... your 2nd item. Since your question is 2 years old but no answer ... does that mean UnRaid does NOT support this scenario? Or ... did you find an answer elsewhere? Cheers, Rob.

I did find this MB for LGA 1700 with USB-C/Thunderbolt 4 here. Basically the Z version of my B version board with two Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports. I can't find any LGA 1700 mini-ITX MB that has 10GbE support ... found mini-ITX for older Xeon CPUs but that's basically entire MB/CPU/Fan/RAM replacement. Per Intel article it suggests USB 3.2 is compatible with Thunderbolt 4 and they use the same USB-C "connector" ... see article here. Since Thunderbolt 4 is compatible with Thunderbolt 3 the USB 3.2 port C should work per spec for the Z version of my motherboard (which is mini-ITX). So will UnRaid support USB 3.2 (Thunderbolt 3/4) port C? If not, are there drivers that will? From the ASUS support page there is no driver support for anything other than Win10 or Win11.

I have a 10GbE network at home, it's just the NAS I built doesn't have 10GbE on the MB. "Need" well that's subjective ... but my need comes from copying large files from the PCs used to convert my BD/DVDs to MKV files (and/or upscales lower quality ones with Topaz Video AI to mp4 files) ... 50-80GB for 4K movies (with future plans for 8K content). When going thru 1GbE my xfers from PCs to NAS are: When going thru 10GbE my xfers from PC to NAS are: Pretty close to 10X faster ... when doing xfers with a lot of 50-80GB files, can make a big difference. Finding a mini-ITX motherboard with 10GbE port is not trivial ... and finding one that UnRaid supports is even more a challenge ... suggestions welcome, prefer for LGA 1700 but all welcome?

Not sure I agree, but I'll research more. Can't use another PCIe slot ... no space or slot ... hence my desire to leverage onboard USB-C ports ... if I had an extra PCIe, I would just install 10Gbe NIC. Sadly I can't find USB-C to 10Gbe external NIC.

You're absolutely correct, missed that, my apologies. Here is what I would use instead. So where can I get a driver for Unraid to support?

The motherboard is: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ROG STRIX B760-I GAMING WIFI Thunderbolt and USB-C aren't exactly the same, that cable will convert Thunderbolt 3 to USB-C.

No takers?

Will this work for my primary network connection? Reason I ask is because I have no room in my NAS unit for 10G NIC (my mini-ITX motherboard only supports one PCIe slot which is for the SATA/SAS controller). This is the Thunderbolt 3 to 10G adapter. This is the USB-C to Thunderbolt 3/4 cable. Cheers, Rob.

No issues since, so going on a week now ... fingers crossed.

Enabled Syslog server and will report back when this issue happens again: Cheers, Rob.

No issues reported by MemTest86: Thoughts?