Re: Realtek 8139/8201L Ethernet PHY driver
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Re: Realtek 8139/8201L Ethernet PHY driver
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Re: Realtek 8139/8201L Ethernet PHY driver
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 08:22:50AM -0500, Jack L. Stone wrote: > Am using an ASUS MB which contains the subject driver, more specifically > "rlphy." > > Haven't found any support for this driver in FBSD-7.3. Has anyone else > solved this issue? Read the rl(4) manual page. For this chip you need to have the following in your kernel config: device miibus device rl _or_ you need to load _one_ kernel module by putting if_rl_load="YES" in your /boot/loader.conf. The miibus(4) device contains common code for various PHY devices. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgp8fsFEw0UFJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Realtek 8139/8201L Ethernet PHY driver
Am using an ASUS MB which contains the subject driver, more specifically "rlphy." Haven't found any support for this driver in FBSD-7.3. Has anyone else solved this issue? I use another NICard that is supported, but only a 10/100 vs the phy is 10/100/1000. Google is not a help, other than it does refer to the rlphy.c file which is on my FBSD system. %locate rlphy /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL/modules/usr/src/sys/modules/mii/rlphy.o /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL/rlphy.o /usr/src/sys/dev/mii/rlphy.c It isn't built or does it load. It's a bit over my head how to build and load this if possible. Any suggestions or info?? Jack (^_^) Happy trails, Jack L. Stone System Admin Sage-american ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: RealTek 8139 not identified in FreeBSD
Andrew Robinson wrote: Hi Marlon, This thread may (or may not) prove useful to you: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2005-March/011012.html Good luck! Andrew From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RealTek 8139 not identified in FreeBSD To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-7" Hello. I have an Acer Aspire 1600 laptop with a RealTek 8139 integrated network card. The card is not identified at all in neither FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE nor in FreeBSD 5-STABLE, not even in DragonFlyBSD (which is a fork of FreeBSD 5 IIRC). "pciconf -lv" does not report back any information on the card at all. Linux and Windows however can identify the card as "RealTek 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D' at 0x1800-0x18ff, Memory: EC005000-EC0050FF, IRQ 19". Since FreeBSD is a lot better for my computing needs, is there a way I can get the above card to work correctly (or even work at all) in FreeBSD? Thanks in advance. Have you compiled miibus support into the kernel? As a sidenote though, if you haven't custom built a kernel it should work straight out of the box. Also if you build ACPI or APM support into your kernel, the IRQ for your ACPI or APM functionality may be the same as the IRQ for your Realtek card; thus if you disable your ACPI and APM support and your Realtek card just starts to work for you, the problem is IRQ based ;). -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: RealTek 8139 not identified in FreeBSD
Hi Marlon, This thread may (or may not) prove useful to you: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2005-March/011012.html Good luck! Andrew > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RealTek 8139 not identified in FreeBSD > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-7" > > > Hello. > > I have an Acer Aspire 1600 laptop with a RealTek 8139 integrated network card. > The card is not identified at all in neither FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE nor in > FreeBSD 5-STABLE, not even in DragonFlyBSD (which is a fork of FreeBSD 5 > IIRC). > "pciconf -lv" does not report back any information on the card at all. > > Linux and Windows however can identify the card as "RealTek 8139 chip type > 'RTL-8100B/8139D' at 0x1800-0x18ff, Memory: EC005000-EC0050FF, IRQ 19". > > Since FreeBSD is a lot better for my computing needs, is there a way I can > get the above card to work correctly (or even work at all) in FreeBSD? > > Thanks in advance. > -- Andrew Robinson Department of Mathematics and StatisticsTel: +61-3-8344-9763 University of Melbourne, VIC 3010 Australia Fax: +61-3-8344-4599 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RealTek 8139 not identified in FreeBSD
Hello. I have an Acer Aspire 1600 laptop with a RealTek 8139 integrated network card. The card is not identified at all in neither FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE nor in FreeBSD 5-STABLE, not even in DragonFlyBSD (which is a fork of FreeBSD 5 IIRC). "pciconf -lv" does not report back any information on the card at all. Linux and Windows however can identify the card as "RealTek 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D' at 0x1800-0x18ff, Memory: EC005000-EC0050FF, IRQ 19". Since FreeBSD is a lot better for my computing needs, is there a way I can get the above card to work correctly (or even work at all) in FreeBSD? Thanks in advance. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: RealTek 8139 config problems
I've had this exact problem, turned out to be a bad card. It COULD be a bad PCI slot, but more often then not, it's a bad card. FYI: I've also seen those cards set their MAC address to all Fs when they go bad as well...really bazarr...that's happened to me several times (I've got about 800 PCs using them) Hope this helps, --Brian On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 01:10:32 -0600 (MDT), Chris Staskewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've searched the mailing archives for this problem (yeah, yeah, I know > these cards stink, but I'm going for gold anyway). I have 2 of these at > rl0 and rl1. The rl0 correctly auto dectects to "100baseTX full-duplex", > however, the one at rl1 dectects to "10baseT/UPT". > > Thus, I use "ifconfig" to set rl1 to "100baseTX full-duplex" and all is > well. However!!! if I then set the inet address to say 192.168.1.1 (or > whatever), the card no longer transmits data (the LED light on the back of > the card even goes out). Also, the LED light on the HUB corresponding to > this card starts blinking rapidly. > > Any help? > > Thank you very much, > > Chris. > > > Chris Staskewicz > http://www.math.utah.edu/~cjs > > ___ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RealTek 8139 config problems
I've searched the mailing archives for this problem (yeah, yeah, I know these cards stink, but I'm going for gold anyway). I have 2 of these at rl0 and rl1. The rl0 correctly auto dectects to "100baseTX full-duplex", however, the one at rl1 dectects to "10baseT/UPT". Thus, I use "ifconfig" to set rl1 to "100baseTX full-duplex" and all is well. However!!! if I then set the inet address to say 192.168.1.1 (or whatever), the card no longer transmits data (the LED light on the back of the card even goes out). Also, the LED light on the HUB corresponding to this card starts blinking rapidly. Any help? Thank you very much, Chris. Chris Staskewicz http://www.math.utah.edu/~cjs ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: RealTek 8139 PC Card
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 01:20:44 -0800 "Loren M. Lang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to get a realtek 8139 pcmcia network card to work with > FreeBSD, it was working nicely with linux using the standard 8139 driver > so I'm sure the card is good. I have the rl driver compiled staticly into > the kernel, but I'm not sure if this works with pc cards as the device > isn't present when the system boots, do I need to remove it and just use > the module? > > I looked in the /etc/defaults/pccard.conf file and found no references > to any realtek drivers, do I need to add one? > > The following line from pciconf I believe identifies the realtek card, > but I'm not sure: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:0: class=0x03 card=0xb18b0e11 chip=0x4c4d1002 rev=0x64 > hdr=0x00 Bellow is a "normal" on board 8139 card, maybe it helps: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:19:0: class=0x02 card=0xe0001458 chip=0x813910ec rev=0x10 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' device = 'RT8139 (A/B/C/813x/C+) Fast Ethernet Adapter' class= network subclass = ethernet > Also, is there any program with nicer output like lspci or cardctl ident on > linux? I would think there should be some program that can translate > those ugly device/vendor ids into nice pretty names. pciconf -vl -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: RealTek 8139 PC Card
pciconf -lv will show you very beautiful output of pci devices. -Craig - Original Message - From: "Loren M. Lang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "FreeBSD Mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 4:20 AM Subject: RealTek 8139 PC Card [snipped, OE sucks] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RealTek 8139 PC Card
I'm trying to get a realtek 8139 pcmcia network card to work with FreeBSD, it was working nicely with linux using the standard 8139 driver so I'm sure the card is good. I have the rl driver compiled staticly into the kernel, but I'm not sure if this works with pc cards as the device isn't present when the system boots, do I need to remove it and just use the module? I looked in the /etc/defaults/pccard.conf file and found no references to any realtek drivers, do I need to add one? The following line from pciconf I believe identifies the realtek card, but I'm not sure: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:0: class=0x03 card=0xb18b0e11 chip=0x4c4d1002 rev=0x64 hdr=0x00 Also, is there any program with nicer output like lspci or cardctl ident on linux? I would think there should be some program that can translate those ugly device/vendor ids into nice pretty names. -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Realtek 8139 unstable?
horio shoichi wrote: On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 13:01:15 +0300 den <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: On Friday, 5 December 2003 at 8:51:30 +0200, Chris Visser wrote: Hi, I'm running FreeBSD 5.1, on a box with a Digi Sync 570 card and a Realtek 8139 network card. The Machine runs fine, most of the time, but every now and again my network card stops working for no reason. Rebooting the box fixes this for a while, but the it starts again. There have been reports of instabilities with the 8139. I don't know if it's really the hardware to blame or the driver, but the documentation for the hardware is apparently so terrible that it's difficult to say. I'm using an 8139 in a number of places, including (currently) my main server machine. The switch notes a large number of errors under load, and I'm thinking of changing to a different card the next time I have to reboot. Rather than reboot your machine, you'll probably find that the following sequence unwedges the card: ifconfig rl0 down ifconfig rl0 up I had this in a cron job at one point. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. I have had the problem with this card on FreeBSD 5.0. Problem was resolved by recompiling of kernel with new drivers from Realtec. It seems there is many modification of 8139 chipset that have a postfix ( "D", "C",...). When I choose driver that match my chipset all become ok. I don't know whether this driver was included in 5.1, so this is only assumption, and it doesn't help to you. -- Denis. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" I found ftp://152.104.125.40/cn/nic/rtl8139abcd8130810xseries/freebsd-8139(110).zip via www.realtek.com.tw, which is for FreeBSD. However, it is for 4.5. Could you give me (us) your reference to 5.0 (or 5.x) ? horio shoichi Unfortunately, I don't remember where I found the diver. Are you sure that dirver from link you pointed isn't serve for 5.0 ? I have had the problems with this card approximately in the same time as changing system from 4.x to 5.0 . Possibly , I fixed the problem in 4.x - not in 5.0 - I don't remeber precisely. But now I have this card working under 5.0 and there is no problem. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Realtek 8139 unstable?
On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 13:01:15 +0300 den <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > >On Friday, 5 December 2003 at 8:51:30 +0200, Chris Visser wrote: > > > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>I'm running FreeBSD 5.1, on a box with a Digi Sync 570 card and a > >>Realtek 8139 network card. > >> > >>The Machine runs fine, most of the time, but every now and again my > >>network card stops working for no reason. Rebooting the box fixes this > >>for a while, but the it starts again. > >> > >> > > > >There have been reports of instabilities with the 8139. I don't know > >if it's really the hardware to blame or the driver, but the > >documentation for the hardware is apparently so terrible that it's > >difficult to say. > > > >I'm using an 8139 in a number of places, including (currently) my main > >server machine. The switch notes a large number of errors under load, > >and I'm thinking of changing to a different card the next time I have > >to reboot. > > > >Rather than reboot your machine, you'll probably find that the > >following sequence unwedges the card: > > > > ifconfig rl0 down > > ifconfig rl0 up > > > >I had this in a cron job at one point. > > > >Greg > >-- > >When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > >If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. > >For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > >See complete headers for address and phone numbers. > > > > > I have had the problem with this card on FreeBSD 5.0. > Problem was resolved by recompiling of kernel with new drivers from Realtec. > It seems there is many modification of 8139 chipset that have a postfix > ( "D", "C",...). > When I choose driver that match my chipset all become ok. > I don't know whether this driver was included in 5.1, so this is only > assumption, and it doesn't help to you. > > -- > Denis. > > ___ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > I found ftp://152.104.125.40/cn/nic/rtl8139abcd8130810xseries/freebsd-8139(110).zip via www.realtek.com.tw, which is for FreeBSD. However, it is for 4.5. Could you give me (us) your reference to 5.0 (or 5.x) ? horio shoichi ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Realtek 8139 unstable?
Vulpes Velox wrote: On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 08:51:30 +0200 "Chris Visser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I'm running FreeBSD 5.1, on a box with a Digi Sync 570 card and a Realtek 8139 network card. The Machine runs fine, most of the time, but every now and again my network card stops working for no reason. Rebooting the box fixes this for a while, but the it starts again. I've tried replacing the card, but that didn't seem to solve the problem. I've had the same thing happen... but mostly under heavy load. From reports I have heard from other ppl that use this card under FBSD and Windows, I am going to go with it is just a crappy card. I've had the same experience with realtek cards. Some work wonderfully, full time, others are unreliable at best. My fix was to but a couple nice 3com cards (xl), i've never looked back. ~j -- "Yesterday upon the stair I saw a man who wasn't there, he wasn't there again today, oh how i wish he'd go away" Rev. Jonathan T. Sage Lighting / Set Designer Professional Web Design [HTTP://theatre.msu.edu] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [See Headers for Contact Info] pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Realtek 8139 unstable?
On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 08:51:30 +0200 "Chris Visser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running FreeBSD 5.1, on a box with a Digi Sync 570 card and a > Realtek 8139 network card. > > The Machine runs fine, most of the time, but every now and again my > network card stops working for no reason. Rebooting the box fixes this > for a while, but the it starts again. > > I've tried replacing the card, but that didn't seem to solve the > problem. I've had the same thing happen... but mostly under heavy load. From reports I have heard from other ppl that use this card under FBSD and Windows, I am going to go with it is just a crappy card. Netgear has some good cheap cards out there that work with the dc driver. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Realtek 8139 unstable?
On Friday, 5 December 2003 at 13:01:15 +0300, den wrote: > Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> On Friday, 5 December 2003 at 8:51:30 +0200, Chris Visser wrote: >>> >>> I'm running FreeBSD 5.1, on a box with a Digi Sync 570 card and a >>> Realtek 8139 network card. >>> >>> The Machine runs fine, most of the time, but every now and again my >>> network card stops working for no reason. Rebooting the box fixes this >>> for a while, but the it starts again. >> >> There have been reports of instabilities with the 8139. I don't know >> if it's really the hardware to blame or the driver, but the >> documentation for the hardware is apparently so terrible that it's >> difficult to say. >> >> I'm using an 8139 in a number of places, including (currently) my main >> server machine. The switch notes a large number of errors under load, >> and I'm thinking of changing to a different card the next time I have >> to reboot. > > I have had the problem with this card on FreeBSD 5.0. > Problem was resolved by recompiling of kernel with new drivers from Realtec. > It seems there is many modification of 8139 chipset that have a postfix > ( "D", "C",...). > When I choose driver that match my chipset all become ok. > I don't know whether this driver was included in 5.1, so this is only > assumption, and it doesn't help to you. The FreeBSD driver has not been replaced, though it's possible that some ideas from the Realtec-supplied driver have been incorporated. And yes, there are lots of those cards out there with sometimes undocumented differences. This is probably one reason why people say "it works for me". Another is that you don't often see the errors. If I didn't have my switch sitting directly under my main monitor, I wouldn't see the green LED change to orange under load, and I wouldn't know either. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Realtek 8139 unstable?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On Friday 05 December 2003 06:51, Chris Visser wrote: > The Machine runs fine, most of the time, but every now and again my > network card stops working for no reason. Rebooting the box fixes this > for a while, but the it starts again. What is the card plugged into at the other end? I had the same problem on a friends machine, the network card just seemed to stop passing any data after some period of time between a few minutes and 24 hours or so. After much much much wasting of time and money, it turned out to not actually be a problem with the network card, but the Netgear hub that it was plugged into "crashing" on that port and refusing to pass any more data. I still have to try and take that damn hub back and get a refund since it's about as useful as a chocolate teapot. - -- Cheers, Chris Howells -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://chrishowells.co.uk, PGP ID: 0x33795A2C KDE/Qt/C++/PHP Developer: http://www.kde.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/0HdsF8Iu1zN5WiwRAjgmAKCRg6CZKZqGnk7/9Q10xMRtAr8x6gCfZ7NO iFMiAOvrpOIOUaMea6ailTU= =IGmz -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Realtek 8139 unstable?
Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: On Friday, 5 December 2003 at 8:51:30 +0200, Chris Visser wrote: Hi, I'm running FreeBSD 5.1, on a box with a Digi Sync 570 card and a Realtek 8139 network card. The Machine runs fine, most of the time, but every now and again my network card stops working for no reason. Rebooting the box fixes this for a while, but the it starts again. There have been reports of instabilities with the 8139. I don't know if it's really the hardware to blame or the driver, but the documentation for the hardware is apparently so terrible that it's difficult to say. I'm using an 8139 in a number of places, including (currently) my main server machine. The switch notes a large number of errors under load, and I'm thinking of changing to a different card the next time I have to reboot. Rather than reboot your machine, you'll probably find that the following sequence unwedges the card: ifconfig rl0 down ifconfig rl0 up I had this in a cron job at one point. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. I have had the problem with this card on FreeBSD 5.0. Problem was resolved by recompiling of kernel with new drivers from Realtec. It seems there is many modification of 8139 chipset that have a postfix ( "D", "C",...). When I choose driver that match my chipset all become ok. I don't know whether this driver was included in 5.1, so this is only assumption, and it doesn't help to you. -- Denis. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Realtek 8139 unstable?
On Friday, 5 December 2003 at 8:51:30 +0200, Chris Visser wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running FreeBSD 5.1, on a box with a Digi Sync 570 card and a > Realtek 8139 network card. > > The Machine runs fine, most of the time, but every now and again my > network card stops working for no reason. Rebooting the box fixes this > for a while, but the it starts again. There have been reports of instabilities with the 8139. I don't know if it's really the hardware to blame or the driver, but the documentation for the hardware is apparently so terrible that it's difficult to say. I'm using an 8139 in a number of places, including (currently) my main server machine. The switch notes a large number of errors under load, and I'm thinking of changing to a different card the next time I have to reboot. Rather than reboot your machine, you'll probably find that the following sequence unwedges the card: ifconfig rl0 down ifconfig rl0 up I had this in a cron job at one point. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Realtek 8139 unstable?
On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Chris Visser wrote: > I'm running FreeBSD 5.1, on a box with a Digi Sync 570 card and a > Realtek 8139 network card. > > The Machine runs fine, most of the time, but every now and again my > network card stops working for no reason. Rebooting the box fixes this > for a while, but the it starts again. > > I've tried replacing the card, but that didn't seem to solve the > problem. rtl8139 on my machine, running FreeBSD 5.1, there's no trouble, everything works fine. maybe you can check the pci controller, is FreeBSD support that device? CMIIW, must appriciated ... --- Dwi Suharto System Engineer and Computer Network Technical Support STMIK AKAKOM Yogyakarta Phone: +62-274-486664 ext. 192 Mobile: +62-8562836982 http://get.bounceme.net/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Realtek 8139 unstable?
Hi, I'm running FreeBSD 5.1, on a box with a Digi Sync 570 card and a Realtek 8139 network card. The Machine runs fine, most of the time, but every now and again my network card stops working for no reason. Rebooting the box fixes this for a while, but the it starts again. I've tried replacing the card, but that didn't seem to solve the problem. Any ideas? Chris --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.547 / Virus Database: 340 - Release Date: 2003/12/02 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: realtek 8139
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 01:02:08PM +0100, Florin Betivoiu wrote: >Hello, >I have FreeBSD 4.8 Release. At one time I pulled out the network cable >and I got this message: > ... > >and it isn't. On the same sistem resides a windows which is not >bothered by anything. What is wrong? What did I do? How can I undo it? >Point me to the path of my salvation, please :) Thank you. I can't say for sure about FreeBSD being a newbie myself, but Realtek NICs have proven flakey at best on Linux systems and generally to be avoided. We generally stick to Intel and 3COM NICs (there's a local PC recycler here that usually has 3c905bs available for about $20 each and 3COM honors their lifetime warranty if there are problems with them). Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX:(206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``The Income Tax has made more Liars out of American people than Golf has.'' Will Rogers ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
realtek 8139
Hello, I have FreeBSD 4.8 Release. At one time I pulled out the network cable and I got this message: rl0: reset never completed The system was doing something, not much, like pinging, I don't recall exactly. After that, at the first boot, in dmesg I found this: rl0: chip is is in D3 power mode -- setting to D0 Just that dmesg, no others, and with 'is' twice :). Now every ping I do, results in: sendto: host is down and it isn't. On the same sistem resides a windows which is not bothered by anything. What is wrong? What did I do? How can I undo it? Point me to the path of my salvation, please :) Thank you. - Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo!Messenger ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
realtek 8139
Hello, I have FreeBSD 4.8 Release. At one time I pulled out the network cable and I got this message: rl0: reset never completed The system was doing something, not much, like pinging, I don't recall exactly. After that, at the first boot, in dmesg I found this: rl0: chip is is in D3 power mode -- setting to D0 Just that dmesg, no others, and with 'is' twice :). Now every ping I do, results in: sendto: host is down and it isn't. On the same sistem resides a windows which is not bothered by anything. What is wrong? What did I do? How can I undo it? Point me to the path of my salvation, please :) Thank you. - Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo!Messenger ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"