[arch-general] Realtek RTL8111H NIC : does it just work?
Hello, I 'm planning to buy a PC with an MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI mother board, having a Realtek RTL8111H ethernet device, and install Arch of course. I 've seen many web pages about the need to install the r8168 package for it to work. Some pages hint that the r8169 driver should work too. Almost all of these sources are many years old. I wish some forum members could share their experience with this NIC on current kernel. Does it just work? Is the r8168 package mandatory? Can complex tweak be avoided? Thank you. -- Envoyé de mon appareil Android avec Courriel K-9 Mail. Veuillez excuser ma brièveté.
On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 3:09 PM SET via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:
Hello,
I 'm planning to buy a PC with an MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI mother board, having a Realtek RTL8111H ethernet device, and install Arch of course.
I 've seen many web pages about the need to install the r8168 package for it to work. Some pages hint that the r8169 driver should work too. Almost all of these sources are many years old.
I wish some forum members could share their experience with this NIC on current kernel. Does it just work? Is the r8168 package mandatory? Can complex tweak be avoided?
Thank you.
-- Envoyé de mon appareil Android avec Courriel K-9 Mail. Veuillez excuser ma brièveté.
I recently purchased an ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4 with Realtek RTL8111H for ethernet (shows up in lspci as '08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)'). It 'just worked' for me, without any extra package. I'm currently on kernel 5.9.8-arch1-1 (haven't gotten around to the latest update yet).
On 11/28/20 3:01 PM, SET via arch-general wrote:
Hello,
I 'm planning to buy a PC with an MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI mother board, having a Realtek RTL8111H ethernet device, and install Arch of course.
I 've seen many web pages about the need to install the r8168 package for it to work. Some pages hint that the r8169 driver should work too. Almost all of these sources are many years old.
I can't speak to this NIC specifically. But in my experience, the r8169, which is part of the kernel, automagically works with most Realtek devices. I'd recommend trying that before installing a separate device. DR
Thank you all. I can now choose this board definitely.
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Anthony VB
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David Rosenstrauch
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SET