Realtek 8168/8111 solution Options

[matrog]

Hi All,

I have a mac osx x86 10.4.10, a relatek 8168 I tried to use the R1000 driver but there are some problems with IONetworkfamily.kext and IOPCIFamily.kext. Unfortunately I can't attach any log becouse the pc freezes, maybe some incompatibility problems with the version....

I'm very happy to have mac on my pc however I would like to be able to use the network...

Could someone help me?

Thanks,

Matteo

[Wenle Z.]

too bad it doesn't work with RTL8185

[matrog]

Hi All,

I have a mac osx x86 10.4.10, a relatek 8168 I tried to use the R1000 driver but there are some problems with IONetworkfamily.kext and IOPCIFamily.kext. Unfortunately I can't attach any log becouse the pc freezes, maybe some incompatibility problems with the version....

I'm very happy to have mac on my pc however I would like to be able to use the network...

Could someone help me?

Thanks,

Matteo

maybe a screenshot could be useful

[aqwa]

It works fine on this config.

Sharing solutions...

The configuration :
Hackintosh GA-P35-DS3-R with on board RealTek 8168 Ethernet Controller
C2D 2.6 GHz -> 3.2GHz ; 4GB RAM ; 250GB SATA HD ; 250GB IDE HD ; DVD-R IDE
xXx 10.4.10 basic and recommended components only
Additional Drivers :
RealTekR1000 (RealtekR1000.kext from xXx)
JCCool X1950XT driver (v0.1)
alc889a audio (ALCinject.kext and AppleHDA.kext)
AppleVIAATA.kext (from xXx updated with IDE controller ID as http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=66891 with value 0x2363197b)
note : installation must still be performed with DVD SATA !

What works :
On the Network side :
AppleTalk file sharing with Apple G4 through Ethernet 100Mb
Internet sharing through Apple G4 Airport connection
And :
USB out of the box (including 1GB key, Bluetooth dongle)
X1950XT with QE/CI, dual screen, rotation...
IDE HD and DVD on IDE connectors (issue on large file transfers -> freeze)
Stereo audio (haven't tried more yet)

[loneranger]

I have the GA-P35-DS3P Motherboard with Realtek 8111B Lan and it works well with the RT1XXX_1.02.pkg installer in OSX 10.4.10.

However, the installer doesn't work in Leopard! Anyone have a work around for Realtek 8111B for Leopard?

Thanks

[Satyr]

Same here, kext won't load on Leopard. Although Leo comes (thanks to one who made release?) with
kext for 8168 and network card is recognized, it doesn't work. I took a peek inside new kext but can't
really figure out the difference between old and new one.

Ok, I changed this in info.plist:

<key>com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily</key>
<string>1.5</string>

to

<string>1.4.3</string>.
Now kext loads and log displays MAC addy but theres an error thet goes something like:
Networking : cannot determine UUID or something like in that style.
Networking applet in sys preferences says that network cable is unplugged.
I think that is due to UUID error 35 that plagues Leo installations.
Funny thing is that after first Leo boot, right after install, network worked then stopped
and couldn't get IP address from DHCP anymore.

[lilos]

Same here, kext won't load on Leopard. Although Leo comes (thanks to one who made release?) with
kext for 8168 and network card is recognized, it doesn't work. I took a peek inside new kext but can't
really figure out the difference between old and new one.

Ok, I changed this in info.plist:

<key>com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily</key>
<string>1.5</string>

to

<string>1.4.3</string>.
Now kext loads and log displays MAC addy but theres an error thet goes something like:
Networking : cannot determine UUID or something like in that style.
Networking applet in sys preferences says that network cable is unplugged.
I think that is due to UUID error 35 that plagues Leo installations.
Funny thing is that after first Leo boot, right after install, network worked then stopped
and couldn't get IP address from DHCP anymore.

same problem

[e-ghost]

So if there is any solution for 8168 users on Leopard? :-(

[Azurael]

My P35C-DS3R's onboard 8168 works in Leo (using the Apple-provided driver), but only if the network cable is connected at boot, otherwise I get an error about MAC timeout in the system log, and it never brings the link up if the cable is connected/other computer/router powered on after boot.

I don't think this Realtek chip is anywhere near as good as the Marvell 88E805x chips Gigabyte used on the 965 boards Decent throughput in Windows, but much higher CPU usage. I don't know why they changed chips.

[tokra128]

Well, I am thinking to go for a msi p965 platinum mainboard .. but I have a problem .. the network card on that board is Realtek 8111B .. so I wonder.. it is or it is not working with leo ?

[Me123]

Realtek R8111/8168 works for me in Leopard (Mainboard: Gigabyte P35-DS3P).
If you are a windows user, make sure to enable "Wake on lan after shutdown" in the advanced tab of your network card driver settings dialog (at least for WinXP, no idea if this also applies to Vista)

[tokra128]

Me123 - how did you solve that ? what driver did you use ?

[Me123]

Unfortunately I can't give you a walk through. All of this is from out of my head:

My Network worked on the first reboot directly after installing Leopard. After the next reboot (probably to XP) I stopped working. I was able to see a en0 and a Mac Address, but no ping went through.

I tried the Realtek drivers from sourceforge (RealtekR1000_1.04.zip), using the contained "installrelease" script. Played a bit with loaddebug etc. and since my Network still wasn't working I used the "uninstall" script to remove the drivers, so the following might depend on whether the install/uninstall scripts worked correctly in Leopard.

Finally I remembered the "Wake on Lan after shutdown" workaround that was necessary with my old board. I enabled it in XP, rebooted to Leopard and voila, working Lan

[reb0rn]

I had same problem network work only if i go from Vista -> Leopard (network led is on) and win XP disable its power and driver do not know how to properly turn it on... strange i had same problem with Ubuntu 7.4 but its fixed in Ubuntu 7.10 i bet new driver can fix it or that Wake on Lan after shutdown will help in mean time

[Satyr]

WOW! Me123 I owe you! It works with both drivers! Thanks!

[skeeter144]

Why don't you guys use the MacOS 10.4 driver that's on the Realtek site? It works fine for me.

[nightwalker]

I've got it installed from the koolkal 10.4.10 package...

i've noticed that if i dont have the ethernet cable plugged into it, mac can't go past the startup apple screen

once in a while the computer also restarts itself, i've got a feeling it's because of the R1000 driver...not 100% sure though
is there anyway to fix this??? sorry i'm a n00b to hackintosh

Here's my setup:
Motherboard: Asrock ConRoe1333-D667 R1.0 Bios 1.30
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0Ghz
Memory: 2 X 1GB DDR2
HD: Seagate 500GB SATA

Jas Mac OS X 10.4.8; updated to 10.4.10 with koolkal

[grigione]

Hi i 'm a newbie of osx world Installation of toh rc2 leopard 10.5 stop when integrated lan of my pc is active so i during installation i have disabled it by bios (my motherboard is a asus p4p800s-x) After installation i have enabled my lan (realtek chipset 8101L ) and leopard show me it in utility network as 8139 (led is yellow)and show also mac address and options to configure it but when i go in network preference and try to configure it and insert manually ip of my router and click apply the system freeze and i must restart osx

rtl1.xxx installer freeze in toh rc2 so i have tried to manually install driver from :

https://sourceforge.net/projects/realtekr1000/

but debug installation report this:



batmans-acpi:desktop batman$ cd realtekr1000

batmans-acpi:realtekr1000 batman$ sh loaddebug

file attribute adjusting for RealtekR1000.kext

extension RealtekR1000.kext has potential problems:

Warnings

{

"Kext has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style" = true

}



kextload: extension RealtekR1000.kext appears to be loadable

kextload: RealtekR1000.kext loaded successfully

batmans-acpi:realtekr1000 batman$

In attachements my system log when running loaddebug

After installation network led is green but it's impossible connect to internet What is the problem???

[HiFiRe]

Hello,

i have a big Problem. My Gigabyte P35 DS3R Board was broken and i get a new one. Now ... i cant get ethernet working. The first Board works fine. I had installed the original Realtek-Driver and it works. Now i can test every driver and nothing works. Where can i look? Is there a logfile? Sorry for my english! :-) Any Ideas?

Greetz

HiFiRe

[grigione]

Hi i 'm a newbie of osx world Installation of toh rc2 leopard 10.5 stop when integrated lan of my pc is active so i during installation i have disabled it by bios (my motherboard is a asus p4p800s-x) After installation i have enabled my lan (realtek chipset 8101L ) and leopard show me it in utility network as 8139 (led is yellow)and show also mac address and options to configure it but when i go in network preference and try to configure it and insert manually ip of my router and click apply the system freeze and i must restart osx

rtl1.xxx installer freeze in toh rc2 so i have tried to manually install driver from :

https://sourceforge.net/projects/realtekr1000/

but debug installation report this:
batmans-acpi:desktop batman$ cd realtekr1000

batmans-acpi:realtekr1000 batman$ sh loaddebug

file attribute adjusting for RealtekR1000.kext

extension RealtekR1000.kext has potential problems:

Warnings

{

"Kext has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style" = true

}
kextload: extension RealtekR1000.kext appears to be loadable

kextload: RealtekR1000.kext loaded successfully

batmans-acpi:realtekr1000 batman$

In attachements my system log when running loaddebug

After installation network led is green but it's impossible connect to internet What is the problem???

working solution for rtl 8101l

use this procedure with attachement
open terminal and apply these codes.


CODE
sudo su
rm -R /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/AppleRTL8139Ethernet.kext

cp -R <path to>/PCGenRTL8139Ethernet.kext /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/

chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/PCGenRTL8139Ethernet.kext

chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/PCGenRTL8139Ethernet.kext

touch /System/Library/Extensions

shutdown -r now

Attached File(s)

 PCGenRTL8139Ethernet_1.2.0.zip ( 230.48K ) Number of downloads: 133