Realtek 8111B LAN Chipset

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Bernd Walter wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 09:35:47PM -0500, Greg Mars wrote:
>   
>> NetOpsCenter wrote:
>>     
>>> Greg Mars wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I'm buying parts for a computer and want to make sure that the core 
>>>> components are as freebsd friendly as possible. So far, I've decided 
>>>> on a core 2 quad q6600 and I'm choosing the motherboard now. However 
>>>> it seems many of the popular motherboards have Realtek ALC888 as 
>>>> built-in audio and Realtek 8111B as built-in LAN.
>>>> I read at:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/i386/article.html
>>>>
>>>> that the sound should work but I couldn't find any info on the LAN.
>>>> Does anyone on the list have any experience with it?
>>>>
>>>> By the way, I'm going to run FreeBSD 7.
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>>> Aloha,
>>>
>>> Realtek 8169 is a 1000 M  and  works on 7.* and 8.* I think 8111 maybe 
>>> old 100M ? Are you sure about the Realtek model  #?
>>>
>>>
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>>>       
>> Hi,
>>
>> If you click on the motherboard specifications link below, you'll see 
>> where they list the LAN chipset as Realtek 8111B
>>
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186133
>>
>> This seems to be the page for the chip on Realtek's site:
>>
>> http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=11
>>     
>
> Realtek has two devices for Gbit PCI: the 8169 and the reduced 8110.
> They are both more or less the same - likely even the same chip inside,
> but the later has pins reduced.
> AFAIK the later can't have an external PHY, which you can't have anyway
> if there is neither a connector or PHY itself connected on the board.
> The 8168 is the successor for PCI express, with the 8111 being the new
> reduced variant.
> Both PCIe are detected but didn't run stable with our re(4), but it is
> said that the latest driver fixes this and also adds a good speed
> improvement.
>
>   
Thanks for the info Bernd,

I have the 8169's running fine on 7.* and 8.* . I  believe these have 
the new drivers.



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