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[mediamac]

Hi,
As verdant (senior member on this forum ) suggested to buy netgear GA311 i bought it but i still having network issues like self assigned IP or disconnection.I tried few 8169 kexts but the problem persists.As there are many 8169 kexts i dont know which one to use.I have 10.6.8 installed so let me know which one works 100%
Thanks

[verdant]

@ mediamac

I have the AppleRTL8169Ethernet.kext (dated 1 August 2009 06:55 138 KB from OS X 10.6.8/Snow Leopard) in the PlugIns folder of the OS X Lion 10.7.5 IONetworkingFamily.kext, from which it is/was missing i.e. no longer included in the OS X Lion IONetworkingFamily.kext; in the PlugIns folder of the OS X Snow leopard IONetworkingFamily.kext; and in /System/Library/Extensions/ of OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2.........in all these systems, the AppleRTL8169Ethernet.kext is loading and connecting OS X to the Internet without any problems via my Netgear GA311......make sure that the kext ownership and permissions are correctly set.....

From my System Report for OS X Snow Leopard and Lion:

ethernet:

  Type: Ethernet Controller
  Bus: PCI
  Vendor ID: 0x10ec
  Device ID: 0x8169
  Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x1385
  Subsystem ID: 0x311a
  Revision ID: 0x0010
  BSD name: en2
  Kext name: AppleRTL8169Ethernet.kext
  Location: /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleRTL8169Ethernet.kext
  Version: 1.1

From my System Report for OS X Mountain Lion:

ethernet:

  Type: Ethernet Controller
  Bus: PCI
  Vendor ID: 0x10ec
  Device ID: 0x8169
  Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x1385
  Subsystem ID: 0x311a
  Revision ID: 0x0010
  BSD name: en2
  Kext name: AppleRTL8169Ethernet.kext
  Location: /System/Library/Extensions/AppleRTL8169Ethernet.kext
  Version: 1.1

[mediamac]

verdant, on 06 October 2012 - 11:04 PM, said:

@ mediamac

I have the AppleRTL8169Ethernet.kext (dated 1 August 2009 06:55 138 KB from OS X 10.6.8/Snow Leopard) in the PlugIns folder of the OS X Lion 10.7.5 IONetworkingFamily.kext, from which it is/was missing i.e. no longer included in the OS X Lion IONetworkingFamily.kext; in the PlugIns folder of the OS X Snow leopard IONetworkingFamily.kext; and in /System/Library/Extensions/ of OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2.........in all these systems, the AppleRTL8169Ethernet.kext is loading and connecting OS X to the Internet without any problems via my Netgear GA311......make sure that the kext ownership and permissions are correctly set.....

From my System Report for OS X Snow Leopard and Lion:

ethernet:

  Type: Ethernet Controller
  Bus: PCI
  Vendor ID: 0x10ec
  Device ID: 0x8169
  Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x1385
  Subsystem ID: 0x311a
  Revision ID: 0x0010
  BSD name: en2
  Kext name: AppleRTL8169Ethernet.kext
  Location: /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleRTL8169Ethernet.kext
  Version: 1.1

From my System Report for OS X Mountain Lion:

ethernet:

  Type: Ethernet Controller
  Bus: PCI
  Vendor ID: 0x10ec
  Device ID: 0x8169
  Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x1385
  Subsystem ID: 0x311a
  Revision ID: 0x0010
  BSD name: en2
  Kext name: AppleRTL8169Ethernet.kext
  Location: /System/Library/Extensions/AppleRTL8169Ethernet.kext
  Version: 1.1

My Apple8169.kext version states 1.1.4a5 so is that a problem with this version ? Also can you attach your 8169 kext
Thanks

[verdant]

@ mediamac

It could be.......where did the kext come from?

[mediamac]

Yes it is inside ionetworkingfamily contents.

[mediamac]

Not working.I just copied to ionetworkingfamily/contents/plugins and then repair permission from disk utility.The network is lost after sometime.It is working with cpus=1.I am booting with 32 bit let me know the solution.
Thanks