July 14, 201312 yr Hi Tom, I've just installed UnRAID version 5.0-rc16c and I have a strange behaviour with the Network Card. It works fine but it can only negotiate 100 Mbit/s instead of the regular 1000 Mbit/s of my NIC. With the RC13 and before I've never had this problem. Now I have installed the old RC13 and everything is working fine. Here's an excerpt of the SysLog regarding di Ethernet Interface: Jul 14 10:12:47 MegaStore kernel: r8168 Gigabit Ethernet driver 8.036.00-NAPI loaded Jul 14 10:12:47 MegaStore kernel: r8168 0000:05:00.0: irq 45 for MSI/MSI-X Jul 14 10:12:47 MegaStore kernel: eth%%d: 0xf84da000, 00:1d:7d:06:75:e4, IRQ 45 Jul 14 10:12:47 MegaStore kernel: r8168: This product is covered by one or more of the following patents: US6,570,884, US6,115,776, and US6,327,625. Jul 14 10:12:47 MegaStore kernel: r8168 Copyright © 2013 Realtek NIC software team Jul 14 10:12:53 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link up Jul 14 10:12:54 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link down Jul 14 10:12:58 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link up Jul 14 10:12:59 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link down Jul 14 10:13:02 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link up Jul 14 10:13:03 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link down Jul 14 10:13:07 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link up Jul 14 10:13:08 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link down Jul 14 10:13:11 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link up Jul 14 10:13:12 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link down Jul 14 10:13:15 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link up Could you please fix this problem reverting or updating the driver version for this Ethernet Interface? Thanx in advance! Luke
July 14, 201312 yr First, have your read the FAQ on networking? You can find it here: http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/FAQ#Why_is_my_add_in_network_card_not_working.3F If this does not resolve your issues, post back with the complete syslog, the Motherboard manufacturer and model number (and NIC if you are are using a separate card). Post the output from these commands: lsmod ethtool -i eth0 ethtool eth0 ifconfig ethtool -S eth0 Then some of the real experts will have some real information to diagnose your problem.
July 14, 201312 yr I can say that I experienced similar network behavour recently and overcame it only by switching to another onboard network adapter. I can confirm seeing reports of 100mb/s on what i know to be 1gb/s hardware.
July 15, 201312 yr Author Hi, thanx for the answers... I can confirm that I have two ethernet cards onboard. Tonight I will try to enable the second one and switch the cable (Cat.6) on it. If this doesn't fix the problem I will post further details to help you troubleshoot this problem. Thanx again... Luke
July 16, 201312 yr Author Hello, I've done some tests on my configuration as requested. My motherboard is a Gigabyte - GA-X48-DQ6 (http://it.gigabyte.com/products/page/mb/ga_x48_dq6/) with two integrated Realtek 8111B. First of all I've tried to enable the second LAN interface and to switch the cable on it but it won't work. Then I've executed the commands you suggested on RC13 and on RC16c: attached you'll find the complete results. Analyzing the output I've noticed a few things: 1) In the RC13 the driver used is the r8169 version: 2.3LK-NAPI instead in the RC16c is the r8168 version: 8.036.00-NAPI 2) Executing the ethtool -S eth0 command on RC16c I've noticed 23 align_errors (on RC13 there was always 0 errors) 3) Executing the ethtool eth0 command on RC16c I've noticed that the output lacks the Link partner advertised link modes (present on RC13): Supported ports: [ TP ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Full Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Full Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 100Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: Twisted Pair PHYAD: 0 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on MDI-X: Unknown Supports Wake-on: pumbg Wake-on: g Current message level: 0x00000033 (51) Link detected: yes Please let me know if you need more information to solve the problem. Best regards. Luke Logs.zip
September 3, 201312 yr Author Hello, I've just installed unRaid 5.0 stable hoping that my problem was fixed in this version but I'm sad to see that's still there. As I wrote before, in the working (for my setup) 5.0 RC13 I have a r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver instead in the 5.0 stable I've the old r8168 Gigabit Ethernet driver again. With my network card this driver negotiate 100 Mbit/s instead of 1000 Mbit/s and the link is very unstable as reported in the log: Jul 14 10:12:53 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link up Jul 14 10:12:54 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link down Jul 14 10:12:58 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link up Jul 14 10:12:59 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link down Jul 14 10:13:02 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link up Jul 14 10:13:03 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link down Jul 14 10:13:07 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link up Jul 14 10:13:08 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link down Jul 14 10:13:11 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link up Jul 14 10:13:12 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link down Jul 14 10:13:15 MegaStore kernel: r8168: eth0: link up Could you please re-insert the r8169 driver that was working like a charm? Thanx in advance... Best regards. Luke
October 6, 201312 yr Author Hello, I've solved the problem... I've acquired a new discrete NIC and disabled the two on the mainboard. Now it correctly connects in gigabit mode. Best regards! Luca
October 7, 201312 yr I don't know if this matters or not, but you should upgrade to the official 5.0 release. It could be the driver was updated between RC-16 and 5.0 release. - Sideband Samurai
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