Try using a realtek NIC on a BSD system and see how many days before your networking softlocks. Also some distros just don't include the drivers. I had to buil

Try using a realtek NIC on a BSD system and see how many days before your networking softlocks. Also some distros just don't include the drivers. I had to build the realtek 2.5gbe drivers from source, on an unnetworked system, last month! Latest ubuntu distro.