diff --git a/net/realtek-re-kmod/Makefile b/net/realtek-re-kmod/Makefile
index fbf1c8e9ae88..0a6cffedba27 100644
--- a/net/realtek-re-kmod/Makefile
+++ b/net/realtek-re-kmod/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 PORTNAME=	re
 PORTVERSION=	1100.00
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	net
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	realtek-
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-kmod
diff --git a/net/realtek-re-kmod/pkg-message b/net/realtek-re-kmod/pkg-message
index 04c8a05a9b71..07b478dccc53 100644
--- a/net/realtek-re-kmod/pkg-message
+++ b/net/realtek-re-kmod/pkg-message
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ to set the following tunables:
 
 hw.re.s5wol="1"
 hw.re.s0_magic_packet="1"
+
+If you experience network hangs with IPv6 enabled,
+you might need to disable the checksum offloading
+by adding the following parameters to the related
+ifconfig line in your /etc/rc.conf file:
+
+-rxcsum -txcsum -rxcsum6 -txcsum6
 EOM
 }
 ]