This is a summary of reports from IPFire users about the network cards they use. It is very important to learn about network cards that don't work or only work with limitations (eg: only 54 Mbit). If you can not find any information about your network card on the wiki, please create a new post in the IPFire Community - Network category.

Note to all Users: please add your Network Adapter Hardware in the lists below. This Wiki page is updated by you. If you need assistance please ask in the IPFire Community - Network category.

HowTo: Identify devices

Note: Wireless network cards are usually not shown during installation, but will be visible and can be configured as a WiFi Access Point after the first reboot.

  • Open a shell on your IPFire system (either by using the console or using SSH)
  • Run lspci | grep -ie network -ie ethernet -ie wireless
  • Copy the hexadecimal identifier at the beginning of the line.
    • This is called the "PCI Domain" of the device and describes where a device is connected. A PCI Domain could look like 00:19.0 or 02:00.0 or 03:00.0.
  • Then run lspci -nn -v -s <paste the PCI Domain from above>
  • Note the hexadecimal Device ID on the end of the first line, after the name of the device.
    • this is a hexadecimal sequence separated by a colon, for example 10ec:8139 or 10de:054c.
    • Ignore the Device ID of any subsystems on the second line of output, if there are any.
  • Note the Kernel driver (or "module") in use.

For USB devices, find the required information with:

lsusb

The loaded kernel modules can be shown with the command:

grep DRIVER /sys/class/net/*/device/uevent

LAN Cards/Onboard Chips

LAN Card name Type
(Mbps)
ID Loaded drivers tested Core Notes
Attansic/Atheros
Attansic Technology Corp. L2 100 Mbit Ethernet Adapter (rev a0) 100 1969:2048 atl2 100
AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0) 1000 1969:1063 atl1c 66
Broadcom Corporation
NetXtreme BCM5723 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10) 1000 14e4:165b tg3 100
D-Link Corp.
DFE-538TX 10/100 Ethernet Adapter (rev 10) 100 1186:1300 8139too 66
DWA-582 Wireless AC1200 Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (REV-A1) 300Mbps (2.4GHz) or 866Mbps (5GHz) 1186:3305 rtl8821ae 181 PCI Express card. 5GHz band not working. 5GHz band works in Manjaro with 6.5 kernel
Intel Corporation
Intel 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100 (rev 08) 100 8086:1229 e100 66
Intel 82566DC Gigabit Network (rev 02) 1000 8086:104b e1000e 72+ Built in to OEM motherboard
Intel 82566DM-2 Gigabit Ethernet Connection (rev 02) 1000 8086:10bd e1000e 66
Intel 82574L "Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter" (PCIe) 1000 8086:10d3 e1000e 66,72-74
Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01) 1000 8086:1521 igb and igbvf 75-101 Built into Intel motherboard. Tested in virtual machine using KVM, works with both pci passthrough of physical function, and with virtual function using SR-IOV
Intel Corporation I211 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03) 1000 8086:1539 igb 174
Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller I226-V (rev 04) 2500 8086:125c igc 176
Intel Corporation 10-Gigabit X540-AT2 10000 8086:1528 ixgbe 175 X540 Chipset
NVidia Corporation
MCP73 Ethernet (rev a2) 1000 10de:07dc forcedeth 100
Realtek Semicond.
RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCIe Fast Ethernet (rev 02) 100 10ec:8136 r8101 100
RTL8139/8139C/8139C+ Fast Ethernet (rev 02) 100 10ec:8139 r8139too 66
RTL8152 Gigabyte Ethernet 1000 r8152 142 example in nano pi R1
RTL8111/8168B PCIe Gigabyte Ethernet (rev 03) 1000 10ec:8168 r8168 100
RTL8111/8168E PCIe Gigabyte Ethernet (rev 06) 1000 10ec:8168 r8169 117
RTL8110SC/8169SC Gigabyte Ethernet (rev 10) 1000 10ec:8169 r8169 100
RTL-8029(AS) 10 10ec:8029 ne2k-pci 66
Super Micro Computer
AOC-SGP-I2 Supermicro PCI-e 2-port Intel i350 Gigabit Ethernet LAN card 1000 8086:1521 igb and igbvf 75-101 PCI-Express card. Tested in virtual machine using KVM, works with both pci passthrough of physical function, and with virtual function using SR-IOV
VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT6102 [Rhine II] Embedded Ethernet Controller on VT8235 100 1106:0102 via_rhine 66-85 onboard Mercury PVCLE266M-L V3.0A mainboard, mainboard now incompatible with GRUB2

USB LAN Dongle

LAN Card name Type (Mbps/USB) ID Loaded drivers tested Core Notes
ADMtek
AN8515 - Pegasus II 100 / 2.0 07a6:8515 pegasus 100
Apple
A1277 - USB 100 / 2.0 05ac:1402 asix 139 re-branded AX88772
ANTSIG
AP581 1000 / 3.0 0bda:8153 RTL8153 175 re-branded Realtek RTL8153 (Australia)
ASIX
AX88178 1000 / 2.0 0b95:1780 asix 142
AX88179 1000 / 3.0 0b95:1790 ax88179_178a 139 very low current
AX88772 100 / 2.0 0b95:7729 asix 100
AX88772 100 / 2.0 0b95:772a asix 138 250 mA max
D-Link Corp.
D-Link - DUB-E100 HWVer.: B1 100 / 2.0 2001:3c05 asix 67
Delock
Delock - 62121 (AX88179) 1000 / 3.0 0b95:1790 asix 100
Kronton
DM9601 - Fast 100 / 2.0 0b95:772b dm9601 141 from DX.com
Logilink
UA0144 - 10/100 Mbps 100 / 2.0 0b95:772b asix 72
MosChip Semicond.
MCS7830 - 10/100 Mbps 100 / 2.0 9710:7830 mcs7830 100
Netgear
FA120 - 100Mbit 100 / 2.0 0846:1040 asix 72
RealTek Semicond.
RTL8153 - Gigabit 1000 / 3.0 0bda:8153 RTL 8153 142 200 mA max
SMSC
Standard Microsystems Corp.
2202 Ethernet [pegasus]
100 / 1.1 0707:0200 pegasus 142 160 mA max
SMSC 9512 - USB2.0LAN + USB HUB 100 / 2.0 0424:9512 smsc95xx 66
Trendnet
TU3-ETG - USB 3.0 to Gigabit 1000 / 3.0 0b95:1790 asix ax88179_178a 125