Realtek 8111B LAN Chipset

[Greg Mars]

NetOpsCenter wrote:
> Greg Mars wrote:
>> I'm buying parts for a computer and want to make sure that the core 
>> components are as freebsd friendly as possible. So far, I've decided 
>> on a core 2 quad q6600 and I'm choosing the motherboard now. However 
>> it seems many of the popular motherboards have Realtek ALC888 as 
>> built-in audio and Realtek 8111B as built-in LAN.
>> I read at:
>>
>> http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/i386/article.html
>>
>> that the sound should work but I couldn't find any info on the LAN.
>> Does anyone on the list have any experience with it?
>>
>> By the way, I'm going to run FreeBSD 7.
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> Aloha,
>
> Realtek 8169 is a 1000 M  and  works on 7.* and 8.* I think 8111 maybe 
> old 100M ? Are you sure about the Realtek model  #?
>
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Hi,

If you click on the motherboard specifications link below, you'll see 
where they list the LAN chipset as Realtek 8111B

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186133

This seems to be the page for the chip on Realtek's site:

http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=11

Thanks