From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 25 15:05:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 684D416A4E1 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:05:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from karlj000@unbc.ca) Received: from pd4mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB1D943D45 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:05:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from karlj000@unbc.ca) Received: from pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr5so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.50]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J4K00JII75PHKA0@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:03:25 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml6so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.150]) by pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J4K001IC75PRR60@pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:03:25 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.2.104] ([24.82.93.79]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J4K004HP75PISQ0@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:03:25 -0600 (MDT) Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:03:25 -0700 From: Jeremy Karlson In-reply-to: <17646.34774.109468.614268@jerusalem.litteratus.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <9AD1321C-3D18-404E-809C-91174EC9F7B9@unbc.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <95AEF7C1-337B-4686-AF5C-3A41D0EB7C9C@unbc.ca> <17646.30432.803446.748621@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <17646.34774.109468.614268@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Subject: Re: NGE Network Driver Problem. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:05:08 -0000 On 24-Aug-06, at 22:17, Robert Huff wrote: > Probably. The chip name means a Realtek 8169, and that > takes the re() driver. That's pretty much the same way I feel about 'em. > Shouldn't hurt. I fixed mine by > a) removing both re and skc from the kernel config file > and > b) adding > if_re_load="YES" > to /boot/loader.conf. Your mileage may vary. Unfortunately, this didn't work out for me. I tried a bit of other fiddling as well and didn't get any change in behaviour. I'll just take the card back and maybe try a D-Link one with a different chipset. Thanks a lot for your suggestions. -- Jeremy