Details

ManufacturerNetgear (by Realtek Semiconductor)
ModelRTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet
Buspci
TypeEthernet controller
Id10ec
Info28169
Info31385
Info4311a

Ratings

Overall rating: 4.7 x 8

By Linux distribution:

  • openSUSE 10.2 i586: 5.0 x 1
  • Fedora 7 x86_64: 5.0 x 1
  • Fedora 7 i386: 5.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.0.0_rc6 GenuineIntel: 5.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 9.10 i386: 5.0 x 1
  • Debian squeeze/sid i386: 5.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.0.3 AuthenticAMD: 3.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.1 GenuineIntel: 5.0 x 1

Comments

Working network cards on Fedora 7 x86_64 (kernel: 2.6.22.1-33.fc7) by PaulWay (5):

Detected correctly, works fine.

Working network cards on Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.0.3 AuthenticAMD (kernel: 3.0.2-pf) by godmachine81 (3):

Requires Kernel r8169 to be either built in or as module.

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