Realtek R1000 Driver

The Realtek R1000 driver for Mac OS X is an open-source driver for OS X that we use for our Open Computer systems. We've modified the R1000 driver to allow for better and more reliable operation on our machines but are now releasing that driver so that anyone with a Realtek NIC can use it to enhance their machine. The original driver project page can be found here.

9/12/08 Dual-gigabit networking is now supported. Better interrupt timing has resulted in greater throughput, as well.

To get the driver in binary form (.kext) click here

We're also releasing the project code for this device as the developers of this project did before us. What we've done is enhance the interrupt handling and link detection for these NICS: RTL8168, RTL8111, RTL8169, RTL8101. We want to give everyone a better driver. If you have any fixes, modifications, or detailed hardware specifications for this hardware (which we don't have) let us know.

To get the XCode project click here.

The Realtek R1000 Driver for Mac OS X is released under the GPL License outlined on the original project page.