Netgear GA511
Randall Stewart
rrs at cisco.com
Fri Jul 28 18:56:21 UTC 2006
Ricardo:
That does not help me since I am on a laptop :-0
However... I just tried the Evil project's ndis
driver.. and that works.. so I have a working card
now .. don't know how good the performance will be
but I don't care :-D
R
Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez wrote:
> Quoting Randall Stewart <rrs at cisco.com>
> Sent on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:01:55 -0400
>
>
>>Anyone gotten a netgear ga511 (gig-e cardbus card) to
>>work...
>
>
> I have a:
>
> re0 at pci0:11:0: class=0x020000 card=0x311a1385 chip=0x816910ec rev=0x10
> hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor'
> device = 'RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter'
> class = network
> subclass = ethernet
>
> Which is a GA511 too, and it also doesn't work, but I get this message as
> long as the interface is up or trying to get up, with 2-3 seconds interval:
>
> re0: link state changed to DOWN
> re0: 2 link states coalesced
>
> The NIC works, as it was being used on a Linux box and a couple of times
> with a winxp box, without any issues.
>
> ifconfig also reports it as "no carrier", and the leds on my switch for it
> doesn't light up. sometimes it just work, often not, right after the
> interface configuration step during boot. I found a PR somewhat related to
> this issue, but can't find it now.
>
> My solution was to use my onboard NIC (a via rhine ii), instead.
>
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Randall Stewart
NSSTG - Cisco Systems Inc.
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