From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 9 22:18:14 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 449B693F for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2013 22:18:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@rulingia.com) Received: from vps.rulingia.com (host-122-100-2-194.octopus.com.au [122.100.2.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE495A82 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2013 22:18:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.rulingia.com (c220-239-255-116.belrs5.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.255.116]) by vps.rulingia.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r19MBFEE009678 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:11:17 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@rulingia.com) X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.rulingia.com (localhost.rulingia.com [127.0.0.1]) by server.rulingia.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r19MB9FG020723 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:11:10 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.rulingia.com) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.rulingia.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id r19MB8d8020718; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:11:08 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:11:08 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" Subject: Re: Question: Why ain't I getting gigabit speed? Message-ID: <20130209221107.GA32563@server.rulingia.com> References: <29539.1360356512@tristatelogic.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <29539.1360356512@tristatelogic.com> X-PGP-Key: http://www.rulingia.com/keys/peter.pgp User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) 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 22:18:14 -0000 --MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2013-Feb-07 15:13:27 -0800, "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. =2E.. >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. Based on the testing you've done, I'd suspect a broken card. I'll echo the comments that Realtek is the cheapest end of the market and you'd be better off with a Broadcom or Intel NIC. >P.S. dmesg has this to say about the card: > >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 The critical information you've left out is the phy details. This should look something like: miibus0: on re0 rgephy0: PHY 1 on miibus0 rgephy0: none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseT= X-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-master, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000= baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto= -flow On 2013-Feb-08 12:48:32 -0800, "Ronald F. Guilmette" wrote: >I did some more experiments. Fortunately, I had a CAT6 crossover cable >lying around. For future reference, you can join GigE interfaces with either straight through or crossover cables. >In the case of connecting to the laptop, all seemed to work correctly, >however ifconfig showed that my re0 device in this case believed itself >to be "master". (I suspect that this may make a difference, and that >the current FreeBSD re driver may perhaps behave better when it is >acting as master.) The "master" term seems to only define which end is the clock source. >in the output from "ifconfig re0", *however* a moment or two later, >suddenly the connection was entirely dropped, and now the ifconfig >output said "no carrier". What status was reported on the lights at each end? --=20 Peter Jeremy --MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlEWyXsACgkQ/opHv/APuIcDWwCfZtwmX62zoMEEjDBYX/ivoRLj KYMAn3jmti5xGTopzlcEh8zihhHoNl9C =QTxK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8--