Managed to go through:
https://wiki.ipfire.org/devel/ipfire-2-x/build-howto
Resulting installable .iso file but how to add source for downloaded Realtek r8168 source and compile into usable module?
My first post, patience please 
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Long time ago we has build this extra module but it has more stability issues than the kernel included one.
Here is an old copy of the needed lfs
https://git.ipfire.org/?p=ipfire-2.x.git;a=blob_plain;f=lfs/r8168;hb=0d732df29702a9f0fcdbbb4c4e0be1a39b064f2a
but this need also enabled in make sh again…
Also keep in mind that you cannot simple copy a module because they are signed. You need to exchange the whole kernel, initrd and all modules to get it to work.
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What is your reason to change the driver for those chipsets?
Some problems with one device and search engines biased results, if you serach for problems you get problems 
Downladed todays Core148 reinstaleld and every problem is gone. But was getting concerned because of r8168 chipset in quite some devices…
Such documents also dont help:
Anyway thank you Arne and Michael for your concern and response…
I am not aware of any problems that we have with that chipset. It is quite a popular one and many IPFire users use it.
That post you are quoting is from 2011 and you will surely downgrade your driver.