Ethernet adapter with RTL8111F chipset works on pfSense?

stephenw10

The in kernel driver will work.

The driver installable via kmod pkg may or may not run better.

Really if you can get a board that uses Intel NICs instead that would be far preferable.

Oluap110

@stephenw10 And the drivers from Realtek:
REALTEK DRIVERS

I will need to install them?

stephenw10

Nope. The re(4) driver is included in pfSense by default.

But I encourage you to look at something with other NICs. 1G Realtek NICs are considered close to the worst choice in pfSense.

Oluap110

@stephenw10 may i ask why the NICs are a bad choice?

stephenw10

They have a bad reputation for just stopping passing traffic and for requiring more CPU than other NICs. A lot of that is from the earlier versions. You may have no problems.

Oluap110

@stephenw10 Do you know a better option with two 1Gb ports connected in a mini pci express port for 50€ ?
I didn't find a better option.

fireodo

@Oluap110 said in Ethernet adapter with RTL8111F chipset works on pfSense?:

Do you know a better option with two 1Gb ports connected in a mini pci express port for 50€ ?

Hi, I'm chiming in :-) I dont know where you are located and if this is a option for you:

Digitus dual PCIe

Oluap110

@fireodo Yes, can be. But i prefer the other one because i will use the board in a notebook and the other one has a cable to outside the notebook.
And needs to be mini pcie otherwise i will need an adapter.

fireodo

@Oluap110 said in Ethernet adapter with RTL8111F chipset works on pfSense?:

But i prefer the other one because i will use the board in a notebook and the other one has a cable to outside the notebook.
And needs to be mini pcie otherwise i will need an adapter.

OK, understood.

Oluap110

@fireodo but do you know another option with this specifications?

fireodo

@Oluap110 said in Ethernet adapter with RTL8111F chipset works on pfSense?:

but do you know another option with this specifications?

No, not for miniPCIe ... :-(

Oluap110

@fireodo ok, thanks

fireodo

@Oluap110 said in Ethernet adapter with RTL8111F chipset works on pfSense?:

ok, thanks

You're welcome

stephenw10

Mmm, you can get Intel mPCIe boards but not <50€.

You might consider just not using an old notebook at all. They often seem like a good idea but they are not engineered to be always on.

Oluap110

@stephenw10 Ok, i will think about it.
Thanks