> I just installed snv_77 on a small machine that I > intend to use as a fileserver. The motherboard I > bought is an Asus M2N-VM, which has an integrated > Realtek RTL8168/8111 Gigabit Ethernet NIC. From what > I can gather, this should be supported by the rge > driver, but I don't seem to be having any luck. > > I had no network connectivity after installation, so > I grepped the output of 'prtconf -v' for "Ethernet" > and sure enough, device number 054c from vendor 10de > (nVidia) shows up. I did an 'update_drv -a -i > "pci10de,54c" rge' and that seemed to go fairly well. > I followed it with 'ifconfig rge0 plumb'. After that, > ifconfig reported a zeroed-out MAC address.
Are you sure that device pci10de,54c is a realtek nic? I think I just installed Solaris Express on the same mainboard, "ASUS M2N-VM DVI", and I also found the pci10de,54c device, but it's an nvidia MCP67 chipset, and might work with the nge Solaris driver. But problem apparently is that the nge driver has support for some old nvidia ethernet chipsets (e.g. nForce3, MCP04, MCP51, MCP61, CK804, ...), but no support for the MCP67. I do see a valid MAC on the nge interface, and I do see packets comming in on the nge interface, but no packets are transmitted. > /usr/X11/bin/scanpci turns up devices from vendor > 10de (nVidia) and 1022 (AMD), but I've managed to > account for just about all of them by using > http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/iii/?i=10de. Interestingly, > that site says 54c is an Ethernet controller on one > specific motherboard, but even that is unconfirmed. > > If I'm correct, I should be seeing an entry for > vendor 10ec, device 8168. Unfortunately, that doesn't > show up. Has anyone had luck with this motherboard > and/or network chip? Is there anything else I can do > or should I give up and buy a NIC I know will work? For now I've installed an extra Intel e1000g PCI NIC. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help mailing list [email protected]
