Re: [arch-general] Realtek RTL8111H NIC : does it just work?

[SET via arch-general]

Thank you all. I can now choose this board definitely.

Re: [arch-general] Realtek RTL8111H NIC : does it just work?

[David Rosenstrauch]

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

Re: [arch-general] Realtek RTL8111H NIC : does it just work?

[Anthony VB via arch-general]

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).

[arch-general] Realtek RTL8111H NIC : does it just work?

[SET via arch-general]

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.