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URE(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual URE(4) NAME ure -- Realtek RTL8152/RTL8153/RTL8156 USB Ethernet driver SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: device uhci device ohci device usb device miibus device uether device ure Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5): if_ure_load="YES" DESCRIPTION The ure driver supports the Realtek USB Ethernet Controller family. The ure driver supports the following media types: autoselect Enable auto selection of the media type and options. The user can manually override the auto selected mode by adding media options to the /etc/rc.conf file. 10baseT/UTP Set 10Mbps operation. The mediaopt option can also be used to select either full-duplex or half-duplex modes. 100baseTX Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation. The mediaopt op- tion can also be used to select either full-duplex or half-duplex modes. 1000baseTX Set 1000baseTX (Gigabit Ethernet) operation over twisted pair. The Realtek gigE chips support 1000Mbps in full-duplex mode only. 2500base-T Set 2500Base-T operation over twisted pair. The Realtek 8156/8156B chips support 2500Mbps in full-duplex mode only. The ure driver supports the following media options for 10/100 opera- tion: full-duplex Force full-duplex operation. half-duplex Force half-duplex operation. For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8). HARDWARE The ure driver supports the following USB Ethernet controllers: Model: Speed (Mbps): Realtek RTL8156/RTL8156B/RTL8156BG 10, 100, 1000, and 2500 Realtek RTL8153/RTL8153B 10, 100, and 1000 Realtek RTL8152 10 and 100 Realtek RTL8168/8169/8110/8211 via rgephy(4) 10, 100, and 1000 DIAGNOSTICS ure%d: watchdog timeout A packet was queued for transmission and a transmit command was issued, however the device failed to acknowledge the transmission before a timeout expired. SEE ALSO arp(4), miibus(4), netintro(4), ng_ether(4), ifconfig(8) AUTHORS The ure driver was written by Kevin Lo <kevlo@FreeBSD.org>. FreeBSD 14.3 April 8, 2025 URE(4)
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