Details

ManufacturerGiga-byte Technology (by Realtek Semiconductor)
ModelRTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
Buspci
TypeEthernet controller
Id10ec
Info28168
Info31458
Info4e000

Information

* "RTL8111B":http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=11 * "RTL8111C":http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=142 * "RTL8168B":http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=12

Ratings

Overall rating: 4.5 x 44

By Linux distribution:

  • Ubuntu 7.04 i386: 5.0 x 1
  • Fedora 7 i386: 5.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 7.10 i386: 5.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 7.10 x86_64: 5.0 x 1
  • PLD Linux 2.0 i386: 5.0 x 1
  • Slackware 12.0.0 Slackware 12.0.0: -3.0 x 1
  • openSUSE 10.3 X86-64: 3.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 7.10 x86_64: 5.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 7.10 x86_64: 5.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 7.10 i386: 5.0 x 2
  • openSUSE 10.3 X86-64: 5.0 x 1
  • Mandriva Linux 2008.0 i586: 5.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.10 GenuineIntel: 5.0 x 1
  • Debian lenny/sid x86_64: 5.0 x 1
  • Mandriva Linux 2008.0 i586: 5.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1 GenuineIntel: 5.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1 AuthenticAMD: 5.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1 GenuineIntel: 5.0 x 1
  • Debian 4.0 x86_64: 5.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 8.04 x86_64: 5.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.0.0 AuthenticAMD: 5.0 x 1
  • Fedora Core 6 i386: 3.0 x 1
  • openSUSE 11.0 X86-64: 5.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 8.04 x86_64: 5.0 x 2
  • Ubuntu 7.10 i386: 5.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 8.10 i386: 5.0 x 1
  • openSUSE 11.0 X86-64: 5.0 x 1
  • Arch Linux Arch Linux \r (\n) (\l) GenuineIntel: 5.0 x 1
  • openSUSE 11.1 x86_64: 5.0 x 1
  • Mandriva Linux 2009.0 i586: 5.0 x 1
  • Debian 5.0 x86_64: 5.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 9.04 x86_64: 5.0 x 1
  • Debian 5.0.1 x86_64: 5.0 x 2
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1 GenuineIntel: 5.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 9.04 x86_64: 5.0 x 1
  • Mandriva Linux 2009.1 i586: -3.0 x 1
  • Mandriva Linux 2009.1 x86_64: 5.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1 GenuineIntel: 5.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.0.1 GenuineIntel: 5.0 x 1
  • Mandriva Linux 2009.1 i586: 5.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.0.1 GenuineIntel: 5.0 x 1

Comments

Working network cards on PLD Linux 2.0 i386 (kernel: 2.6.21.1_vanilla-1smp) by hawk (5):
Works out of the box on kernel >= 2.6.21 using module r8169. On older kernel official driver (r1000 module) is required. Version 1.05 of official driver doesn't work at all under my system.
Working network cards on openSUSE 10.3 X86-64 (kernel: 2.6.22.5-18-default) by dudulle (3):
Defaut r8169 module is buggy. I had to install Realtek r8168.
Working network cards on Debian lenny/sid x86_64 (kernel: 2.6.23.12-slh64-smp-2) by wenni (5):
the only problem is windows on a dual-boot system, cause windows disables the nic when shutdown windows and reboot into linux. linux isn't able to start the nic again.
Working network cards on Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1 AuthenticAMD (kernel: 2.6.24-gentoo-r3) by dmitryilyin (5):
Works with kernel realtek 1Gb drivers
Working network cards on Fedora Core 6 i386 (kernel: 2.6.22.14-72.fc6PAE) by nadavkav (3):
had to download r8168 sources for driver since kernel 2.6.18 (fc6) did not have right module. it compiled smoothly and i am using it ever since without issues) the kernel's (out of the box) default driver r8169 seams to work but was very limited. i guess new kernels (2.6.25+) has this driver by default. (btw. sometimes r1000 is used, but do not use it! r8168 is better!)

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