Realtek Nic is not detect by OPnsense

[NetworkIT]

Hi everyone,
I am new to Opnsense. I use Dell Optiplex 7050 and Realtek RTL8125 PCIe card for my firewall/router project.
After install Opnsense, only the onboard nic (Intel) is detect and use as LAN.
I ran the command pciconf -lev that show the Realtek card in the PCIe, I am guessing that it is missing driver.
I am new to Opnsense and FreeBSD, could anyone and someone have same issue help me which driver should i download and instructions or command to install the driver
appreciate all the help.

[hakuna]

Hi everyone,
I am new to Opnsense. I use Dell Optiplex 7050 and Realtek RTL8125 PCIe card for my firewall/router project.
After install Opnsense, only the onboard nic (Intel) is detect and use as LAN.
I ran the command pciconf -lev that show the Realtek card in the PCIe, I am guessing that it is missing driver.
I am new to Opnsense and FreeBSD, could anyone and someone have same issue help me which driver should i download and instructions or command to install the driver
appreciate all the help.

The legend says OPNSense does not deal well with RTK ( idk if it has anything to do with FreeBSD driver, very likely ).
Atm I am running it on a Dell Precision Tower with a Dell Quad Intel NIC to avoid problems.

For what it is worth it, I have been running OPNSense on a Zotac barebone miniPC with Duo RTK and never ever experienced any issue.
Because it is a hit and miss, I strongly suggest you to buy Intel PCIe NIC instead.

But double check the hardware support to avoid more surprises.

[franco]

> The legend says

Well, actually, we pioneered the use of the Realtek vendor driver.

https://github.com/opnsense/changelog/blob/ef4dbe52c3fe620c333f78791b0eae22539ac99e/community/17.1/17.1.2#L5-L10

Things changed over time of course. RTL8125 is covered by the os-realtek-re plugin nowadays.


Cheers,
Franco