This server works mostly out of the box, but requires a special network driver from ports to work.
In this test, the network adapter was a Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller (vendor=0x10ec device=0x8125). This should work with net/realtek-re-kmod, but at the time of writing (March 2024) it doesn't. Instead, net/realtek-re-kmod198 is required (see https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=275882 for details).
After finishing the installation, but before rebooting, drop into a shell and install the driver:
This server works mostly out of the box, but requires a special network driver from ports to work.
In this test, the network adapter was a Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller (vendor=0x10ec device=0x8125). This should work with
net/realtek-re-kmod
, but at the time of writing (March 2024) it doesn't. Instead,net/realtek-re-kmod198
is required (see https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=275882 for details).After finishing the installation, but before rebooting, drop into a shell and install the driver:
Then adapt /boot/loader.conf to make use of it:
Finally configure the interface in /etc/rc.conf:
Legend:
1.2.3.4
: host IPv4 IP1.2.3.1
: IPv4 default gateway2a01:4f8:1:2a::2
: host IPv6 IP