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    Upgrading 2.4.5 to 2.6.0 issues?

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      ipfftw
      last edited by

      Hey there i just decided i have some time and can talk people through the downtime, of updating my pfsense from 2.4.5 to 2.6.0 which appears to be latest release on the pfsense dashboard.

      I did a very small bit of reading and found that 2.6.0 does not like realtek network cards without some work arounds. That was from a few months ago. Has this issue been fixed?

      ref: https://old.reddit.com/r/PFSENSE/comments/t872mx/fix_issues_with_realtek_nic_on_pfsense_260/

      ref: https://old.reddit.com/r/PFSENSE/comments/wa9l0y/update_pfsense_245_to_260/

      the realtek card is:
      RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller obtained using the command

      'pciconf -lv'

      anything else to watch out for with this upgrade?

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        A Former User
        last edited by

        You have different ways to realise that upgrade, you may considering self what is the way to walk on. In November
        perhaps (fingers crossed) we will get a pfSense version 2.7
        and there the so called problem is not anymore present.

        • You may upgrade to 2.4 > 2.5 > 2.6 > 2.7 devel
          Developer version is not for production usage level
        • You upgrade from 2.4.x to 2.5 and wait 1 month longer
          Not all are willing in to do so
        • You could go to 2.6 and install the RealTek drivers later
          You can choose between, driver version 1.96.00 or 1.97.00

        pfSense CE 2.6 or pfSense+ (Plus) 22.05
        Both are based on FreeBSD 12.3
        RealTek Driver Version 1.96.04
        RealTek Driver 1.97.00

        Supported RealTek network adapter:
        RTL8401-RTL8402
        RTL8411-RTL8411B
        RTL8125-RTL8125B(S)(G)
        RTL8168B-RTL8168E-RTL8168H
        RTL8111DP-RTL8111EP-RTL8111FP
        RTL8101E-RTL8102E-RTL8103E-RTL8105E-RTL8106E- RTL8107E
        RTL8111B-RTL8111C-RTL8111D-RTL8111E-RTL8111F-RTL8111G(S)-RTL8111H(S)-RTL8118(A)(S)-RTL8119i-RTL8111L-RTL8111K

        Hard to say something without to know the entire use case or background, where and for what you are using the pfSense, at home for work and and and......

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          The default Realtek NIC support is no worse in 2.6 than in 2.4.5. If it was working fine for you in 2.4.5 I wouldn't expect problems in 2.6.
          The only thing that changed is that the alternative driver was removed from our repo making it slightly more difficult to install. However if you weren't using it then there's no significant difference.

          Steve

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