/r8152

Synology DSM driver for Realtek RTL8152/RTL8153/RTL8156 based adapters

Primary LanguageCGNU General Public License v2.0GPL-2.0

DSM driver for realtek RTL8152/RTL8153/RTL8156 based USB Ethernet adapters

This is a RTL8152/RTL8153/RTL8156 driver package for Synology NASes.

Supported NAS platform

  • DSM 6.2
  • apollolake based products
    • DS918+ (confirmed working)
    • DS620slim
    • DS1019+
    • DS718+
    • DS418play
    • DS218+

You can download drivers including other platforms from the Release page and determine a proper driver for your model from this page, but you might encounter some issues with unconfirmed platforms.

I very much appreciate if you report whether it works.

NOTE: I recommend using front ports to connect devices because some users reported stability issues when they use rear ports.

Supported RTL8156(2.5Gbps) based devices

Currently I only confirmed products marked "confirmed working". If you got other products and they do not work, please create a issue with its vendor id.

How to install

Preparation

Enable SSH and login your NAS.

Installation

  1. Go to "Package Center"
  2. Press "Manual Install"
  3. Chose a driver package downloaded from the release page.
  4. [DSM7] The installation will fail the first time. After that, run the following command from the SSH terminal: sudo install -m 4755 -o root -D /var/packages/r8152/target/r8152/spk_su /opt/sbin/spk_su
  5. [DSM7] Retry installation. (You don't need above DSM7 specific steps at the next time.)

https://www.synology.com/en-us/knowledgebase/SRM/help/SRM/PkgManApp/install_buy

How to configure

You can configure the IP addresses and MTU of the added NICs from the DSM UI in the same way as the built-in NICs.

Performance test

Environment

  • DS918+ (USB-LAN2500R)
  • direct connection with PC (AQN-107)
  • native iperf3
    • using docker causes high CPU load

Result

Connecting to host 192.168.0.xxx, port 5201
[  4] local 192.168.0.xxx port 50366 connected to 192.168.0.xxx port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec   266 MBytes  2.23 Gbits/sec
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec   274 MBytes  2.30 Gbits/sec
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec   278 MBytes  2.33 Gbits/sec
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec   278 MBytes  2.33 Gbits/sec
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec   278 MBytes  2.33 Gbits/sec
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec   278 MBytes  2.34 Gbits/sec
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec   274 MBytes  2.30 Gbits/sec
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec   267 MBytes  2.24 Gbits/sec
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec   269 MBytes  2.26 Gbits/sec
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec   271 MBytes  2.27 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  2.67 GBytes  2.29 Gbits/sec                  sender
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  2.67 GBytes  2.29 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.