pressAnykey Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Hi, i've got an 169cIts a Broadcom 5788 ethernet adapter. My laptop its a Acer Aspire 2023. Anyone have sucessfuly make this NIC work? Thanks, oh i cant make it work :S my hardware ids are: PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_169C&SUBSYS_00611025&REV_03 PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_169C&SUBSYS_00611025 PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_169C&CC_020000 PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_169C&CC_0200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixel Baker Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 I've read so much of this thread and others that I'm beginning to get confused about what's going on. It's all a blur... I'm running a Dell Optiplex GX620 with Broadcom 5701 onboard gigabit. Do we have a working solution for this yet? I'm confused about what's actually working and what isn't. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intimidate Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 My 169C works! i downloaded Nisa-it's kext file and manualy aded my device id(169c). Thanks! --- EDIT: i Rebooted and now it doesnt work anymore, i didnt change anything sudo dmesg shows: AppleBCM5701Ethernet: 0 169c getAdapterInfo - Device is unknown AppleBCM5701Ethernet: 0 0 start - getAdapterInfo failed, giving up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jajo Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Hi hackers! I have a Dell Precision M70 laptop with this chip. Info about my card: $ lspci -n 02:00.0 0200: 14e4:1677 (rev 01) $ lspci 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01) The problem The card is detected just fine, and I get an IP-address from DHCP, but I cannot ping or connect to anything! The MAC-address is still 00-00-00-00-00 and when I try to change it using "ifconfig en0 ether xx-xx-xx-xx-xx" the whole computer freezes and I have to shutdown using the power button. I suspect that the switch won't let me communicate since my MAC is 00-00-00-00-00 which is considered invalid. Anyone with an idea how to set mac-address or have the driver detect the correct ethernet address? Kind regards, jajo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intimidate Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 I used the SetMac script to automaticly set a macadress and now it works! Search for setmac in this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jajo Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 I used the SetMac script to automaticly set a macadress and now it works!Search for setmac in this topic. Did you also suffer from "hangups" while doing the "ifconfig en0 ether xx-xx-xx-xx-xx" manually? If setmac does that ifconfig command, my computer would probably crash forever. / jajo Confirmed - i opened SetMac-script and all it does is running the ifconfig-command. Warning if anyone has the same problem as I do - installing SetMac will probably make the computer hang at startup. What we need is the MAC-address to be detected while the driver is loaded. Has anyone managed to get the MAC-address correctly without setting it manually afterwards or use SetMac? / jajo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jajo Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 News - the card works perfect at home. The problem is most likely related to the MAC-address being zeros only which is not accepted by some network equipment. / jajo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carric Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 I TOO am cooking with my 5701 following the step by step instructions for using a 5705 on a Dell Latitude D600. The Hex value is 1649 (which is 5701 in Hex; I did no see anyone specifically state this, so I'm going to maybe someone some time trying to figure out HEIR model ID in Hex). Thank you ual808 for posting your recipe; THAT was the ticket. I think followed the other instructions for clearing the kextcache stuff, and it came up with neworking. I have just put the SetMAC script in my startup folder to see if that will set the mac on start up as well. Now if I can JUST get one of my wireless cards working.. I'd be giddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jajo Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 If anyone have any idea how to solve the MAC-issue, please help me! / jajo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conguito Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Hello people i have a Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ether net (BCM 5788) And it don't work on my OSx, im using a JaS 10.4.6 patched dvd. I can't make network working i'm trying about 4weeks and nothing, can someone helpme please!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I have a builtin BCM 5751 (id: 1677) in my Shuttle PC, and thus far have been unable to have it recognized. - First I tried downloading the pre-patched module - Then I tried hex editing the 5701 kext by hand using the instructions provided earlier Making sure to put 1677 in place of the other value And adding the device id 1677 to the Info.plist - Both situations I get get the following (form dmesg): AppleBCM5701Ethernet: 0 1677 getAdapterInfo - Device is unknown AppleBCM5701Ethernet: 0 0 start - getAdapterInfo failed, giving up IOCommandGate::disable() called when not gated Backtrace 0x38a65c 0x251b864a 0x3acadc 0x3acbad 0x37f3b3 0x37ebb9 0x380302 Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies): com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet(2.1.0d21)@0x251b7000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(1.5.0)@0x24662000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.8)@0x2007a000 IOCommandGate::disable() called when not gated Backtrace 0x38a65c 0x251b864a 0x3acadc 0x3acbad 0x37f3b3 0x37ebb9 0x380302 Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies): com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet(2.1.0d21)@0x251b7000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(1.5.0)@0x24662000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.8)@0x2007a000 Any input on this situation would be greatly appriciated, and thanks for all the hard work thus far. -- TJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nisa-it Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 and why you don't take the driver, patched by me ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jajo Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 and why you don't take the driver, patched by me ??? Do you have any idea why my MAC-address shows up as 00-00-00-00-00? I am using your patched driver. / jajo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nisa-it Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 no, not really... it's working for me and i can see my real-MAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conguito Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Nisa, your driver don't work on my BCM 5788 why can you helpme? THanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jajo Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Nisa, your driver don't work on my BCM 5788 why can you helpme? THanks A good idea might be to describe your problem better - what is not working? Is your card detected or not? If it is detected, is the problem related to MAC-address problems? Just saying it is not working is not helping anyone... / jajo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conguito Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 No, my drive not apear in list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karegraph Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 how do you remove nvram check ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ateorama Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Hello, Just read most of this thread I have Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet 16A6. Have patched and it is now showing up as ethernet card. Problem is MAC is all zero's as others have said, therefore no Net access.Is there a solution to this? Will SetMAC work? Ate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jajo Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Will SetMAC work? Ate. Maybe, maybe not! You MUST test this before installing SetMac: 1) Open up a terminal and type "sudo su" (then type your password) 2) Type "ifconfig -a" and look for a line beginning with enX (where X is a network card id, normally 0 for the Broadcom) en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 media: autoselect (<unknown type>) status: inactive supported media: none autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex,hw-loopback> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,flow-control> 100baseTX <half-duplex> 100baseTX <half-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <full-duplex,flow-control> 1000baseT <full-duplex> 1000baseT <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control> 3) In my case, en0 was the correct network device name. So, I try setting the mac using ifconfig by typing "ifconfig en0 ether 12:ab:12:ab:12:ab" (look up your mac-adress in windows/linux first!) IF your computer hangs, you cannot use SetMac since it would crash your computer every time you boot it. You will have to live with zero-ip for now until someone finds out why this happens. I can use my computer at home, but not at my friends place or at my parents. IF it didn't hang, type the ifconfig -a again and see if ether has changed from 00:00:00:00:00 - if it did you can safely install SetMac and enjoy your network card. / jajo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homer007 Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 i cant get this to work on broadcom 5789 device id 169D i tired Nisa's new kext but no joy can anyone please lead to the right direction of how to get this to work thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karegraph Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 yes guys, also i have got bcm5789 and i can't found anythin for this card in forum. i tried hater's and tinhead's method but no result. in the network prefences window, built-in-ethrnet shown but grayed out. how can i test it and learn/set mac address thnx for everything ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karegraph Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 All thanks for Nisa !!!!! my bcm5789 is work but ethernet mac addr 00:00:00:..... so i can not connect to internet some suggestions ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fedoracore Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Hi everyone! I use Nisa-it's file, but my card still do not work. Any suggestion? My card is BCM5789 . "dmesg | grep BCM" showed: AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 0 Start - mapping device memory failed Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asstastic Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Hi everyone! I use Nisa-it's file, but my card still do not work. Any suggestion? My card is BCM5789 . "dmesg | grep BCM" showed: AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 0 Start - mapping device memory failed Thanks. I get the same thing with my 5789. I thought the binary hack was suposed to supress memory checks for the card. Or perhaps the card is too different from the rest of the broadcom chips? I would think an additional hack would be able to point the kext in the right direction or stop this memory check as well. I would love to be able to get my lapy functional to the point that i can at least browse the web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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