2x2.5GbE PCIe Cards--Intel needs more PCIe Lanes than Realtek? Why?

@johntdavis I was wrong about GbE and probably about higher speeds too.

The math turns out similar though - PCIe 2x1 will bottleneck, but not much. And for a firewall/router application when you have gigabit internet this will work just fine.

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