From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 8 18:50:22 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 395ACCDC for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2013 18:50:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from john@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (secure.freebsdsolutions.net [69.55.234.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFB8A8EC for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2013 18:50:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.10.1.32] (office.betterlinux.com [199.58.199.60]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r18ISWiX022314 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Fri, 8 Feb 2013 13:28:34 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from john@jnielsen.net) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) Subject: Re: Question: Why ain't I getting gigabit speed? From: John Nielsen In-Reply-To: <18120.1360278807@tristatelogic.com> Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 11:28:45 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <18120.1360278807@tristatelogic.com> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) X-DCC-sonic.net-Metrics: ns1.jnielsen.net 1156; Body=2 Fuz1=2 Fuz2=2 X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.5 at ns1.jnielsen.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org 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: Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:50:22 -0000 On Feb 7, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette = wrote: > I just aquired a brand new chepie gigabit PCI ethernet card off eBay. > The main chip on it appears to be an RTL8110S-32. >=20 > I stuck this card into a 9.1-RELEASE system that I have been putting > together, and it seemed to be recognized ok (as re0) upon boot up, so > I diddled my /etc/rc.conf file to get it to ifconfig as 192.168.1.3 > on reboot. Then I rebooted. >=20 > I have the card wired via a CAT6 cable to my Linksys E2000 gigabit > router. Nonetheless, upon reboot, followed by "ifconfig -a", the > output from ifconfig says the following for this card: >=20 > re0: flags=3D8843 metric 0 mtu = 1500 > = options=3D8209b > ether 00:13:3b:02:03:bd > inet 192.168.1.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > inet6 fe80::213:3bff:fe02:3bd%re0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7=20 > nd6 options=3D29 > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) > status: active >=20 > I've tried two different CAT6 cables, two different LAN ports on my = E2000, > and I've even tried the card in two different PCI slost on my = motherboard, > but the results are always the same. >=20 > So, um, what gives? Why does the driver appear to be setting this = card to > 100baseTX rather than the 1000baseTX that I was hoping for? >=20 > Is there some magic spell that I am unaware of that I must cast on = this > in order to get it to work right? I would suspect the switch ("router"). FYI: http://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?f=3D11&t=3D47421#p213242 I have an re interface on my FreeBSD router and it connects at 1000baseT = no problem. > P.S. dmesg has this to say about the card: >=20 > re0: = port 0xbe00-0xbeff mem 0xdf9ff000-0xdf9ff0ff irq 18 at device 5.0 on = pci4 > re0: Chip rev. 0x04000000 > re0: MAC rev. 0x00000000 > re0: Ethernet address: 00:13:3b:02:03:bd > re0: link state changed to UP > re0: link state changed to DOWN > re0: link state changed to UP > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20