---
title: "pfSense 2.7.2 with Realtek 2.5GbE ethernet driver"
url: https://michalasobczak.pl/posts/pfsense-2-7-2-with-realtek-2-5gbe-ethernet-driver.html
author: "Michał Sobczak"
description: "I got 2.5GbE PCI-e card, but no drivers present in pfSense installation. To list devices: There is this Realtek network card: But there is no driver enabled: I installed realtek-re-kmod-198.00_3 package."
published: 2025-04-04T17:27:27.000Z
updated: 2025-04-04T17:27:27.000Z
language: en
categories: ["Technology"]
tags: ["pfSense"]
license: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
---
# pfSense 2.7.2 with Realtek 2.5GbE ethernet driver

I got 2.5GbE PCI-e card, but no drivers present in pfSense installation. To list devices:

```text
pciconf -lv
```

There is this Realtek network card:

```text
re0@pci0:4:0:0:	class=0x020000 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x10ec device=0x8125 subvendor=0x10ec subdevice=0x0123
    vendor     = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'
    device     = 'RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet
```

But there is no driver enabled:

```bash
pkg info | grep driver
kldstat
```

I installed realtek-re-kmod-198.00\_3 package. It was few months ago, but I am pretty sure that is was from pkg and not by downloading it from some repository manually. Finally add to /boot/loader.conf:

```text
if_re_load="YES"
if_re_name="/boot/modules/if_re.ko"
```

So you can either download from FreeBSD repository or:

```bash
pkg search realtek
```