From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 28 18:56:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A20516A4DE for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:56:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rrs@cisco.com) Received: from sj-iport-2.cisco.com (sj-iport-2-in.cisco.com [171.71.176.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 227E643D76 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:56:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rrs@cisco.com) Received: from sj-dkim-1.cisco.com ([171.71.179.21]) by sj-iport-2.cisco.com with ESMTP; 28 Jul 2006 11:56:09 -0700 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.07,193,1151910000"; d="scan'208"; a="332356238:sNHT26549292" Received: from sj-core-5.cisco.com (sj-core-5.cisco.com [171.71.177.238]) by sj-dkim-1.cisco.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k6SIu9Ol005324; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:56:09 -0700 Received: from xbh-sjc-221.amer.cisco.com (xbh-sjc-221.cisco.com [128.107.191.63]) by sj-core-5.cisco.com (8.12.10/8.12.6) with ESMTP id k6SIu9Yr013829; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:56:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xfe-sjc-212.amer.cisco.com ([171.70.151.187]) by xbh-sjc-221.amer.cisco.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:56:09 -0700 Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([171.68.225.134]) by xfe-sjc-212.amer.cisco.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:56:09 -0700 Message-ID: <44CA5DD1.6030102@cisco.com> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:56:17 -0400 From: Randall Stewart User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20060223 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez References: <44CA18D3.1060303@cisco.com> <20060728125937.86e92d65.rnsanchez@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060728125937.86e92d65.rnsanchez@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Jul 2006 18:56:09.0117 (UTC) FILETIME=[7CCB04D0:01C6B277] DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; l=1491; t=1154112969; x=1154976969; c=relaxed/simple; s=sjdkim1002; h=Content-Type:From:Subject:Content-Transfer-Encoding:MIME-Version; d=cisco.com; i=rrs@cisco.com; z=From:Randall=20Stewart=20 |Subject:Re=3A=20Netgear=20GA511; X=v=3Dcisco.com=3B=20h=3DFvA57CxAdDbXVRf728mhnysqxyU=3D; b=Ov9N5h7wYhgyQb/HsWP4ENMYGXO4qk0auAaKitZBnznyuJgkdW7PHwZbpvQjSeJdoKGjEU/0 1EEUifZYGeDoafC6uHdSRlBefNPIbGM44iU1a/p6eE1QoXStcy9pYOSu; Authentication-Results: sj-dkim-1.cisco.com; header.From=rrs@cisco.com; dkim=pass ( sig from cisco.com verified; ); Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netgear GA511 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:56:21 -0000 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 > 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 815-342-5222 (cell)