From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 9 15:07:18 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 D58EDD11 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2013 15:07:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from josh@tcbug.org) Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com (out5-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD2F9E6B for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2013 15:07:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.42]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06CCB20C88; Sat, 9 Feb 2013 10:07:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend2.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.161]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 09 Feb 2013 10:07:18 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=references:mime-version:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:cc:from :subject:date:to; s=smtpout; bh=X4sLkKIUw3lnxnxFDQoJ9YyE2OM=; b= PTfgYYIKJssBvaQS8pbykEK1iLKHmQQi+X8mBugx/9QazTucxk46vP/frafMIasg KSaKnlzjJykMFHmc2LZuSOWA51OxyjvgCvjy5WhvKJIC74abHrJkBm05BHXHyyqf Sbs9FoAoAEFuTUT9oPK5hmelKSlQSmlBh1SMPmvgifQ= X-Sasl-enc: QMHOqOTyrDKyoo8urt+NqAvp6GBU/1Ew8vyTCC0Ey3A6 1360422437 Received: from [10.77.222.69] (unknown [166.137.184.140]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7DBDE4827A0; Sat, 9 Feb 2013 10:07:17 -0500 (EST) References: <18410.1360281197@tristatelogic.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) In-Reply-To: <18410.1360281197@tristatelogic.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <6D56DD0F-7A50-4423-8BFD-9E949187E203@tcbug.org> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (10A551) From: Josh Paetzel Subject: Re: Question: Why ain't I getting gigabit speed? Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 07:07:16 -0800 To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" 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: Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:07:18 -0000 There's likely something wrong hardware wise. Either with that nic, the cabl= e, or the port you are plugging it into. The NIC is (correctly) not autoneg= otiating 1000TX full duplex for some reason, and when you try to force it it= doesn't work.=20 Thanks, Josh Paetzel On Feb 7, 2013, at 3:53 PM, "Ronald F. Guilmette" wr= ote: >=20 >=20 > Apologies for following up on myself, but I just now found this: >=20 > https://support.freenas.org/ticket/894 >=20 > This thread would suggest that I ain't alone in experienceing this > problem with the RTL8110S. >=20 > 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. >=20 > I tried adding: >=20 > media 1000baseTX >=20 > to my ifconfig_re0=3D 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: >=20 > status: no carrier >=20 > 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. >=20 > So I'm still stuck, and still looking for an answer. How can I get this > card working at gigabit speed? > _______________________________________________ > 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"