Any way to manually install a device driver? RTL8125 NIC not working/not supported

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I think the answer’s probably no, because after a lot of google-fu i still can’t find any way to do this :frowning:

i’m upgrading my setup, so bought and installed HAOS on an ASUS NUC14 Essential. the NUC has an integrated network controller, the realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE. it doesn’t work/isn’t detected by HA at all.

if i boot ubuntu from a usb, i can see that it detects the network controller but also can’t use it. if i then install the official drivers from Realtek it works absolutely fine.

however – i can’t find any way to install drivers on a HAOS system. i have found loads of posts highlighting the same issue with this specific network card (in this specific NUC too) not having native driver support in a whole bunch of linux kernels

i know i could: run it in a container, use a USB network card, use the WiFi etc. i don’t want to do any of these things for what i feel are entirely valid reasons - i want to use the RTL8125.

is there any way around this?

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Assuming you are running a Home Assistant OS install bare metal on the NUC, request support be added for your NIC here:

Until then (or if this applies Ethernet adapter Motorcomm YT6801 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter support in HAOS · Issue #3387 · home-assistant/operating-system · GitHub ) you can run HA in a VM. e.g. install Proxmox and add the NIC driver (if not supported natively). Then install HAOS, Installing Home Assistant OS using Proxmox 8

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hi, thanks for the response and pointers :slight_smile:

the problem seems to have been known about for a while. i can’t find any mention of a fix being worked on, and i’ve already added some comments to the most recent issue i found mentioning the problem on github: Realtek RTL8125 ethernet Lan not supported by HA OS (ASUS NUC 14 essential) · Issue #3880 · home-assistant/operating-system · GitHub

as mentioned i’m not a fan of running it in a container or virtual environment, so i’ll return the NUC and components while i’m in the return window, and find another hardware platform.

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As no one else supplied the requested information from the developer here: Realtek RTL8125 ethernet Lan not supported by HA OS (ASUS NUC 14 essential) · Issue #3880 · home-assistant/operating-system · GitHub you should do it and reply with the requested information.

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thanks - have done so :slight_smile: