From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 7 23:53:17 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F073619 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2013 23:53:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfg@tristatelogic.com) Received: from outgoing.tristatelogic.com (segfault.tristatelogic.com [69.62.255.118]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84B06833 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2013 23:53:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from segfault-nmh-helo.tristatelogic.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by segfault.tristatelogic.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FEA05081A for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2013 15:53:17 -0800 (PST) To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Question: Why ain't I getting gigabit speed? Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:53:17 -0800 Message-ID: <18410.1360281197@tristatelogic.com> From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:53:17 -0000 Apologies for following up on myself, but I just now found this: https://support.freenas.org/ticket/894 This thread would suggest that I ain't alone in experienceing this problem with the RTL8110S. That other guy apparently solved his problem by just simply switching to a CAT6 cable. I however am already using CAT6 cables, and the problem for me still exists. I tried adding: media 1000baseTX to my ifconfig_re0= line in my /etc/rc.conf file (and then rebooting), however when I did that, a subsequent "ifconfig -a" showed that indeed, the card had now been correctly configured to speak 1000baseT, however it also said: status: no carrier even though the thing most definitely _is_ still plugged in to my E2000 router, and I could not ping anything else, even on my own LAN. So I'm still stuck, and still looking for an answer. How can I get this card working at gigabit speed?