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@rk0 said in realtek-re-kmod missing in pfSense 2.6 repository?:
@sokeada Depending on the internet speed you are paying for, I'd "risk" using the unthinkable....a USB ethernet adapter that PFSense has drivers for (gasp!) as the WAN link.
If your ISP paid for throughput is pretty slow, you could get away with this. A google search will help you find a USB adapter with driver support for PFSense
But if not...like if you are paying for 1GB or something close...well...I'd use a different computer where you could add at least two physical NICs off the PCIe bus. If you intend to bump up your speed in the future, I'd just go for a new machine anyway.
thanks for the tips, bro. I will consider that. :)
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@sokeada
So it's some oem box or custom build? What hardware do you have, again? You said you have no slot, but you did not tell, does current card is in slot, or it is embedded? There are many realtek cards with two ports exists... -
@w0w said in realtek-re-kmod missing in pfSense 2.6 repository?:
@sokeada
So it's some oem box or custom build? What hardware do you have, again? You said you have no slot, but you did not tell, does current card is in slot, or it is embedded? There are many realtek cards with two ports exists...I'm using Dell OptiPlex 3040 Micro which is come with build in and only one network port by RealTek.
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I have a mini HP 800, with ESX and pfsense virtual, the second nic is a realtek 2.5Gb USB and works perfect with esx and special driver, i have 1/1Gb fiber and works perfect
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@virusbcn said in realtek-re-kmod missing in pfSense 2.6 repository?:
I have a mini HP 800, with ESX and pfsense virtual, the second nic is a realtek 2.5Gb USB and works perfect with esx and special driver, i have 1/1Gb fiber and works perfect
nice, I might looking for an extra USB Ethernet one too. Thanks for the tip, bro.
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@sokeada I wonder if an M2 to ethernet adapter would work in your Dell OptiPlex 3040 Micro. It would take a bit of work...and you may have to do something clever with the SATA connector for storage and a rotating drive to make some space...but check out stuff like this, and the alternatives listed below. One review for this item says it worked with PfSense. Note, I have not personally attempted to make this work. Let the community know if you get it to function. Watch out for the different types of M2 slots...there are several variants. https://www.amazon.com/Ableconn-M2-NW-107-Gigabit-Ethernet-Module/dp/B07599LZ5S
The other risky endevor (that I also have NOT personally tried) would be to use something like this https://www.amazon.com/WAVLINK-Converter-Compatible-Microsoft-More-Black/dp/B09LYQQ6PD. You would have to check to see if PFSense supports the RTL8156B chipset. One thing notable about this particular adapter (IF it has driver support, unknown) is the vent holes...I've read overheating USB ethernet adapters can cause some unreliable operation. Again, if you try this, let the community know in a detailed post if it worked.
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@rk0 said in realtek-re-kmod missing in pfSense 2.6 repository?:
@sokeada I wonder if an M2 to ethernet adapter would work in your Dell OptiPlex 3040 Micro. It would take a bit of work...and you may have to do something clever with the SATA connector for storage and a rotating drive to make some space...but check out stuff like this, and the alternatives listed below. One review for this item says it worked with PfSense. Note, I have not personally attempted to make this work. Let the community know if you get it to function. Watch out for the different types of M2 slots...there are several variants. https://www.amazon.com/Ableconn-M2-NW-107-Gigabit-Ethernet-Module/dp/B07599LZ5S
The other risky endevor (that I also have NOT personally tried) would be to use something like this https://www.amazon.com/WAVLINK-Converter-Compatible-Microsoft-More-Black/dp/B09LYQQ6PD. You would have to check to see if PFSense supports the RTL8156B chipset. One thing notable about this particular adapter (IF it has driver support, unknown) is the vent holes...I've read overheating USB ethernet adapters can cause some unreliable operation. Again, if you try this, let the community know in a detailed post if it worked.
thanks for the tips, bro. 3040 Micro series doesn't have M2 slots, 70+ series does. USB Ethernet is not recommends by Netgate. Anyways, I really appreciate your time and support. Because of I don't have any complaint about connection dropped from users so let it be then. :)
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@rk0 said:
fetch -v https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:12:amd64/latest/All/realtek-re-kmod-196.04.txzI found this thread while trying to figure out how to install the Realtek drivers on pfSense 2.6. Unfortunately in the few months since the thread was last active, the above link has become broken:
[2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@gw-home.nullmodem.org]/root: fetch -v https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:12:amd64/latest/All/realtek-re-kmod-196.04.txz resolving server address: pkg.freebsd.org:443 SSL options: 82004854 Peer verification enabled Using CA cert file: /usr/local/etc/ssl/cert.pem Verify hostname TLSv1.3 connection established using TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 Certificate subject: /CN=pkg.freebsd.org Certificate issuer: /C=US/O=Let's Encrypt/CN=R3 requesting https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:12:amd64/latest/All/realtek-re-kmod-196.04.txz 404 Not Found 404 Not Found nginx fetch: https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:12:amd64/latest/All/realtek-re-kmod-196.04.txz: Not FoundAdditionally, https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:12:amd64/latest/All/ isn't browsable. I spent some time Googling around and so forth trying to find where to get this file from, so far unsuccesfully.
Two questions:
(1) What is the new link for the driver package?
(2) How could I figure this out myself next time, rather than asking here? Is there a web page of command-line tool I could use to find it? Something more official than just Googling for it? (Sorry, I'm new to BSD and much more familiar with the various forms of Linux package management.) -
Use:
pkg add https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:12:amd64/latest/All/realtek-re-kmod-196.04.pkgYou can browse https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:12:amd64/latest dowload the packagesite file and open it. Look in the .yaml file (it's massive!) to see all the pkgs in the repo branch.
Steve
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I took this off my own PFSense install on a ThinkCentre M90n IoT model from when the fetch command worked. It was in the root folder of my system. Posting it here for your use. Be sure to unzip it before you transfer it to your install of PfSense. This would be specific to the 2.6.0 release of PfSense, I've no idea how it would function with earlier/later versions...especially with the eventual move to FreeBSD 14 in the near future...
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@stephenw10 would you have any insight if the upcoming release of PFSense based on FreeBSD 14 would include the latest Reaktek driver package "baked in"? Is there a way to ask that be part of the updated code going forward?
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@xenium1024 also, thank you for posting that the fetch command no longer works...once I saw your post, I copied the driver package off my system and stored it separately, in case I ever have to rebuild my router. Anyone else who had to use this package for their install may want to do the same.
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The fetch command there only doesn't work because FreeBSD stopped building both .tgz and .pkg files for everything and now only build .pkg.
But also there is no need to use fetch you can just usepkg adddircetly.We removed the re-kmod package from our repo because it was failing to build in our build system at the time. The build system is completely different now and the code in 14 is obviously as fresh as it gets so we could re-try. Let me see what I can do.
Steve
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USB to RJ45 adapter (only for the installation) could be a nice workaround. Some were reporting that the
adapters with an ASIX AX88179 chipset will be recognised out of the box.Dobby
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The realtek-re-kmod pkg is back in our repo for todays snaps.
Steve
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It appears to work fine for me in an APU but it does throw a large number of warnings with the debugging options we currently have enabled.
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@stephenw10 still cant update to it
[2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg install realtek-re-kmod
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pkg: https://pkg00-atx.netgate.com/pfSense_v2_5_2_amd64-core/packagesite.pkg: Not Found -
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It is in the 2.7 development repo as of yesterdays snapshot. It's not available in the 2.6 repo.
It is actually in the 2.5.2 repo but you shouldn't be trying to pull from there because you're running 2.6.
Make sure you have the repo branch set to latest stable. Or upgrade to 2.7 dev if you want to test that, not on a production box!Steve
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@stephenw10 i need your help =],
i got 8111E realtek card, and it is only getting 100mb, if i try to force it to 1gb it breaks and dosent work, the card itself is 1gb compitable, i am on 2.6 , there is some drivers that can make it work on 1gb?, i tried everything on google, cant seem to make it work, the stock drivers cant work on 1gb, and cabels are ok, when i connect it to the lan interface it does seem to blink and work on 1 gb, but when connected to the dsl model(brige mode), it only gets 100mb, when i connect pc to the dsl router, it does get 1gb, but when connecting the dsl router to the 8111E,somehow the negotiation dosent get 1gb and only 100mb , thats why i think the driver is broken
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