Add four wired network ports to your Pi 5 - ideal for routers, firewalls and multi-network projects.
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Four extra wired network ports, connected straight into a Raspberry Pi 5 with a single ribbon cable.
The Pi 5 ships with just one Ethernet port, which rules it out for routers, firewalls, VLANs, network taps and multi-WAN failover builds. This board connects to the Pi 5's 16-pin PCIe connector and adds four RJ45 Gigabit ports, drawing its power through the same PCIe cable so there's no extra supply to wire in.
Each port runs on a Realtek RTL8153 controller, which Raspberry Pi OS supports out of the box, so there are no drivers to hunt down. All four ports share the Pi 5's single-lane PCIe Gen2 link, so combined throughput is shared across the ports rather than 4 Gbps flat out on every port at once. That suits routing, segmentation and monitoring work well.
Getting started is quick:
dtparam=pciex1 to /boot/firmware/config.txt and reboot.ifconfig to confirm the new interfaces are recognised.| Property | Specification |
|---|---|
| Compatibility | Raspberry Pi 5 only |
| Host interface | PCIe x1 Gen2 via 16-pin FFC |
| Expansion chip | VL805 |
| Ethernet controller | Realtek RTL8153 |
| Ethernet ports | 4x RJ45 |
| Network standard | 10/100/1000 Mbps |
| Power supply | 5 V, via PCIe cable |
| Weight | 65 g |
Raspberry Pi 5 not included.
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