Hardware driver
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@stephenw10 hello everyone. i am a new user, i installed pfsense on my machine and i wanted to install Realtek RTL8125B dual port 2.5G drivers. i followed what you wrote but as user @Gradius says with pfsense 2.7.0 it can't be done anymore. I tried sending the command directly into the machine (pfsense) as root@pfsense.xxxxx.local/root.
I also tried to do "pkg install realtek-re-kmod" and it says that the packages versions are already installed but the driver seems not to go (I also did reboot the machine). tips for this white rabbit?
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@stephenw10 said in Hardware driver:
Then:
echo 'if_re_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf.local
echo 'if_re_name="/boot/modules/if_re.ko"' >> /boot/loader.conf.localDid you do that part?
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@stephenw10 no. now i reset to factory defaults
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@stephenw10 Now I did as you said but in root@pfsense.home.arpa/root nothing happens
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Try running:
cat /boot/loader.conf.localMake sure those two lines have been added to the file. Those are required to load the kernel module at boot.
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@stephenw10 now i see them enabled, but pc won't connect. i have tried everything between rebooting, swapping cables, swapping re0 re1 re2 re3. all day i try. i unplugged everything and plugged the line back to pc to write
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S stephenw10 forked this topic on
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are they working? if this is the result?
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@stephenw10 said in Hardware driver:
echo 'if_re_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf.local
echo 'if_re_name="/boot/modules/if_re.ko"' >> /boot/loader.conf.locali try this command nothing happen
it normal?
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@jeonard1985 said in Hardware driver:
i try this command nothing happen
With these command you add the two lines to the
/boot/loader.conf.localfile. That worked; you added the two lines 6x but that won't hurt.After that you reboot so the driver get loaded.
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Yes, and then check the boot log to see the driver version when it attaches to the NIC.
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@Gradius can you show how you did this and where you obtained the 1998.00 driver.
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198 is the version in our repo:
[2.7.2-RELEASE][admin@t70.stevew.lan]/root: pkg search realtek realtek-re-kmod-198.00_3 Kernel driver for Realtek PCIe Ethernet Controllers -
@stephenw10 is there any space between any thing in the two echo lines.
as well after this is done what command do you give to do I proper reboot? -
@stephenw10 Is this the right driver to download?
https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/latest/All/realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.pkg
If I do from 13 it gives an error if I go with 14 it loads. -
@stephenw10 Do I need to take my Intel NIC card off the motherboard to get this to work/ load. And then put the NIC card back so I have incoming and outgoing? The Realtek is the NIC the motherboard comes with.
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@pfultz said in Hardware driver:
@stephenw10 Is this the right driver to download?
https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/latest/All/realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.pkgNo that won't load into the pfSense kernel. You must use the pkg from our repo. Or compile your own driver.
@pfultz said in Hardware driver:
Do I need to take my Intel NIC card off the motherboard to get this to work
No. The Realtek driver doesn't care about Intel NICs, that would make no difference.
@pfultz said in Hardware driver:
after this is done what command do you give to do I proper reboot?
Just reboot normally from the console menu or GUI (Diag > Reboot).
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@stephenw10
So where is the link to the drivers from your repo?
Are you referring to this?
pkg search realtek realtek-re-kmod-198.00_3
don't I need to "pkg-static add" of 198.00_3 first
Or I run this command to start it? "pkg install realtek-re-kmod"How do I compile my own driver?
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@pfultz
I did
pkg install realtek_re_kmod-198.00_3
Says its not there
pkg install realtek_re_kmod
installs but in the end it says already installed.Sorry I am such a new bee. Just want to load the drivers. It said it loaded the 1100.00
Do I need to default and start over? Then do the above. -
@pfultz Are you running pfSense 2.7.2 CE? If yes then the 198 is part of pfSense. If not then we gotta know what version of pfSense you're running.
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If you installed the 1100.00 freebsd pkg already then first uninstall it:
pkg remove realtek-re-kmodThen install the pkg from the default CE repo using:
pkg install realtek-re-kmodThat is assuming you did not add the FreeBSD pkg repos manually at any time?
