Can the RTL8125B NIC be used with pfsense now?

stephenw10

Well is shows the chip is 8086:15F2 which is supported by the igc driver in 2.6. It's also not the i225-V that had the issues with rev <3. So I would expect that to work. Check the boot log for attach errors at boot.

Steve

A Former User

@oberzhang

I'm using the official 2.6.0 image provided.

This is even the best! Original downloaded from the
pfSense servers and you can´t go wrong with it.

However, my device does not recognize the i225 v3
NIC properly, is there something wrong?

I can´t see the i225v3 but I am able to see the i225-LM
and it looks like it was recognized by pfSense.

stephenw10

It's showing as an unrecognized there. `'noneX' indicates a device with no driver has attached to it.

If the driver is trying and failing to attach there will be errors shows in the boot log.

kingpinjimi

@stephenw10 I am trying to add a realtek card to my system as well, but I am a complete noob. I have pulled the realtek package in and installed it, however I do not know how to complete this part-

Then create the file /boot/loader.conf.local and add the lines to it:

if_re_load="YES"
if_re_name="/boot/modules/if_re.ko"

Can you please tell me how to complete this part?

stephenw10

At the command line run: `ee /boot/loader.conf.local``
That will open the file in EasyEditor. Add those two lines to the file and save it.
Then reboot to apply that.

atafm2

@stephenw10
Hi, I am having issues getting the RTL8125B driver installed on 2.6.0
Do you mind taking a look to see what i am doing wrong?

Thanks :)

stephenw10

Use:

pkg-static add https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:12:amd64/release_4/All/realtek-re-kmod-197.00.pkg

See: https://forum.netgate.com/post/1100295

Steve

atafm2

@stephenw10
Worked Great!
Thank you for the quick reply <3

Denial_King04

Pardon me for necro'ing this thread. The link https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:12:amd64/latest/All/realtek-re-kmod-197.00.pkg doesn't working anymore

Unit: Dell Wyse 5070
WAN: The built in realtek adapater (works just fine)
LAN: M.2 A+E to ethernet dapater 2.5 Gb/s - RTL8125B (doesn't show up as one of the ethernet adapters during boot up)

Please help, thank you.

stephenw10

In 2.7.2 it's in our repo so you can just:
pkg install realtek-re-kmod

Steve

Denial_King04

@stephenw10 Thank you for the quick response. It worked!