Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:56:17 -0400 From: Randall Stewart <rrs@cisco.com> To: Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez <rnsanchez@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netgear GA511 Message-ID: <44CA5DD1.6030102@cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <20060728125937.86e92d65.rnsanchez@gmail.com> References: <44CA18D3.1060303@cisco.com> <20060728125937.86e92d65.rnsanchez@gmail.com>
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Ricardo: That does not help me since I am on a laptop :-0 However... I just tried the Evil project's ndis driver.. and that works.. so I have a working card now .. don't know how good the performance will be but I don't care :-D R Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez wrote: > Quoting Randall Stewart <rrs@cisco.com> > Sent on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:01:55 -0400 > > >>Anyone gotten a netgear ga511 (gig-e cardbus card) to >>work... > > > I have a: > > re0@pci0:11:0: class=0x020000 card=0x311a1385 chip=0x816910ec rev=0x10 > hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' > device = 'RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > > Which is a GA511 too, and it also doesn't work, but I get this message as > long as the interface is up or trying to get up, with 2-3 seconds interval: > > re0: link state changed to DOWN > re0: 2 link states coalesced > > The NIC works, as it was being used on a Linux box and a couple of times > with a winxp box, without any issues. > > ifconfig also reports it as "no carrier", and the leds on my switch for it > doesn't light up. sometimes it just work, often not, right after the > interface configuration step during boot. I found a PR somewhat related to > this issue, but can't find it now. > > My solution was to use my onboard NIC (a via rhine ii), instead. > -- Randall Stewart NSSTG - Cisco Systems Inc. 803-345-0369 <or> 815-342-5222 (cell)
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