NIC detected, but won't DHCP or configure

[Andrew Robinson]

Hi Jason,

thanks for the suggestion!  I tried that and it didn't seem to change anything: the relevant output of pciconf -lv is still

none4 at pci10:3:0:        class=0x020000 card=0x09001558 chip=0x816910ec rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
    vendor   = 'Realtek Semiconductor'
    device   = 'RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter'
    class    = network
    subclass = ethernet

and ifconfig still lacks any reference to re.

Many thanks,

Andrew



----- Original Message -----
From: jason henson <jason at ec.rr.com>
Date: Monday, March 21, 2005 9:26 pm
Subject: Re: NIC detected, but won't DHCP or configure

> Andrew Robinson wrote:
> 
> >Dear FreeBSD hackers,
> >
> >I posted the following question on freebsd-questions.  Two kind 
> souls kicked it around for a little and suggested that I pass it 
> on to you.  
> >
> >I have a laptop with a netowrk card that seems to be successfully 
> detected under FreeBSD, Knoppix, and WinXP, but will only work 
> under Knoppix and WinXP.  
> >
> >I tender the following for your information.  Windows identifies 
> the card as Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC.  
> scanpci and pciconf (see below) seem to agree.
> >
> >Under FreeBSD:
> >
> >dmesg:
> >
> >  
> >
> >pciconf -lv output is:
> >==============
> >
> >none4 at pci10:3:0: class=0x020000 card=0x09001558 chip=0x816910ec 
> rev=0x10>hdr=0x00
> >vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor'
> >device = 'RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter'
> >class = network
> >subclass = ethernet
> >none5 at pci10:5:0: class=0x028000 card=0x68331462 chip=0x02011814 
> rev=0x01>hdr=0x00
> >vendor = 'Ralink Technology Corp'
> >class = network
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> Try kldload if_re.ko, and man if_re.  
> 
> This means that you have no driver attached to it:
> none4 at pci10:3:0:
> 
> See how I have the if_nv.ko loaded and working.
> 
> nv0 at pci0:4:0:   class=0x020000 card=0x10001695 chip=0x006610de 
> rev=0xa1 
> hdr=0x00
>    vendor   = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
>    device   = 'nForce MCP-T Networking Adapter'
>    class    = network
>    subclass = etherne
>