SufferingAnt Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 [EDIT] Thanks to the help of Kykc, the problem is all fixed. Read his post for instructions. So my Leopard install is finally working on my desktop (only took all weekend ) and my sound and video work flawlessly, but the network department is lacking. Websites load slower than on my PIII 450mhz NEC laptop with *gasp* Windows XP Pro, and they are next to each other and on the same router. My download rates are down to about 2kB/sec compared to the 450+ I expect on the Hackintosh. Even transferring files between the Hackintosh and any other computer on my network is horribly slow. The internet functions perfectly in Windows, so could it be a driver issue? My specs are as follows: ECS 865PE-A Motherboard Pentium 4 2.8ghz Processor 1gb RAM Radeon x1300 AGP 256mb Video 80gb Hard Drive I'm thinking its going to be a Leopard driver conflict, but it'd be nice to not have to put another network card in if I don't have to. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiNeR Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 What network card do you have ? I've had similar problems using the ViaRhine driver on 10.4 and 10.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SufferingAnt Posted November 5, 2007 Author Share Posted November 5, 2007 Realtek 8139. I am not using any third party drivers currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enchntr Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Check Network Utility and see how many errors are generated. I will assume a lot. My ZD8000 also has the 8139 and I needed to change out the driver from the AppleRTL8139 to the PCGENRTL8139.kext. This resolved my network issues. Should be able to search for the driver name. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kykc Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Same problem with RTL8139. I fixed it with this driver (see attach) Some instructions are included in zip. Hope this helps PCGenRTL8139Ethernet_1.2.0.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SufferingAnt Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 Thank you for your response, Kykc and enchntr. I tried Kykc's method, but the instructions are unclear to me and I get permissions errors when trying to delete my AppleRTL8139Ethernet.kext files. Any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamikaze Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Thank you for your response, Kykc and enchntr. I tried Kykc's method, but the instructions are unclear to me and I get permissions errors when trying to delete my AppleRTL8139Ethernet.kext files. Any help? I get the same kin dof issues on my RTL8139... starting a network intensive app will just stall the network. I will give the above link a try. I believe it will need a boot from the Leo install CD to get access to the Terminal. Then replacing the ext making sure the permissions and ownership are correct.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SufferingAnt Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 I tried to do it from the booting to the DVD method as well, but I can only boot to the DVD with "-x". Sudo is not a valid command in that terminal. Is there another command I have to use instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis111 Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Same problem with RTL8139. I fixed it with this driver (see attach) Some instructions are included in zip. Hope this helps Thanks a lot. 2 minutes of stress, reboot and... it works! I tried to do it from the booting to the DVD method as well, but I can only boot to the DVD with "-x". Sudo is not a valid command in that terminal. Is there another command I have to use instead?Try from system level, as I did.Greetz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SufferingAnt Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 I figured it out, and my download speeds are back up to normal . Thanks to all who helped. If any of you are having trouble, heres a quick guide on how I got mine to work. First, I typed sudo su Then, I typed passwd And made a new password for my root account. I then restarted Terminal and typed sudo su once again and typed in my password. Then I followed the included instructions, which meant: 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 and when my computer restarted it worked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo50 Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 One other thing to try is this: Go to System Prefs - Network Choose Show: Network Port Configurations Uncheck everything except the one you need (most likely something Ethernet) This worked for me. I had a Serial listed, and also something Firewire, and neither of those are actually any kind of network device. I'm guessing the system was trying to poll those other devices every time I typed in a webpage or any other network access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac20 Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I follow the steps for AppleRTL8169Ethernet and i got perfect connection,but for some reason it made my usb useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubugugu Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Little help over here, my ethernet is very slow too, but the fixes don't work for me: I'm using Asrock P4i65G http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=P4i65G&s=478 It has an onboard Realtek 8101L LAN this is the device ID I get from Windows XP: 813910ec It has the same ID as Realtek 8139 I have tried many many many combination of different realtek drivers and IONetworkingfamily: Picture 1: Stock Leopard IONetworkingfamily + stock realtek 8139 driver - very slow connection, a lot of Tx error appearing in dmesg Picture 2: IONetworkingfamily from 10.4.8 + PCGenRTL8139Ethernet_1.2.0 - Doesn't work, says cable disconnected Picture 3: IONetworkingfamily from 10.4.8 + RTL r1000 driver - Doesn't work, says cable disconnected Picture 4: IONetworkingfamily from 10.4.7 with PCGenRTL8139Ethernet_1.2.0 - Doesn't work, says cable disconnected Picture 6: Stock Leopard IONetworkingfamily + PCGenRTL8139Ethernet_1.2.0 - Doesn't work, says cable disconnected The drivers are installed properly with correct permissions, and I have restarted the computer for each install. I'm going crazy just testing these drivers... Does anyone have any clue how to fix this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zacharias J. Beckman Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 I have tried many many many combination of different realtek drivers and IONetworkingfamily:The drivers are installed properly with correct permissions, and I have restarted the computer for each install. I'm going crazy just testing these drivers... Does anyone have any clue how to fix this? I'm in the same boat over here... Using Leopard 10.5.1, and I can't get the former (Tiger) drivers to work. If I try, I get "cable disconnected" as well. Perhaps this workaround stopped working once 10.5.1 came out? Let's all be sure to report this to Apple. Maybe they'll get around to fixing it in 10.5.2 (crossing my fingers... I'm getting horrible throughput and excessive errors). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatNeh Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 I have this problem too with a Realtek 8111B chip (Gigabyte GA-P35-D3P motherboard). I'll try your fix, or maybe the "R1000" driver that has also been mentioned. I'm in the same boat over here... Using Leopard 10.5.1, and I can't get the former (Tiger) drivers to work. If I try, I get "cable disconnected" as well. Perhaps this workaround stopped working once 10.5.1 came out?Let's all be sure to report this to Apple. Maybe they'll get around to fixing it in 10.5.2 (crossing my fingers... I'm getting horrible throughput and excessive errors).For the "cable disconnected" problem, try booting into XP, going to your network card's advanted tab, and under the option "wake on lan after shutdown" set it to "enabled". That was the first problem I had and fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaj Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 The drivers are installed properly with correct permissions, and I have restarted the computer for each install. I'm going crazy just testing these drivers...Does anyone have any clue how to fix this? Have you tried forcing MMIO access? Sometimes it's needed for the Onboard cards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatNeh Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Have you tried forcing MMIO access? Sometimes it's needed for the Onboard cards... How would you force MMIO access? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaj Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 How would you force MMIO access? 'Show Package Contents' of the PCGen kext...then open contents->info.plist In the info.plist file scroll down to the part that says 'ForceMMIOAccess' Below it you will see 'false'...change it to 'true'... Then follow the instructions to get it back into the IONetworking.kext...fix permissions, delete cache and extensions.mkext and reboot with -v It should say during the booting process that it is using MMIO... Good Luck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatNeh Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 I haven't tried forcing MMIO access yet, but I did replace my old 802.11g router that had 100Mbit ports with a 802.11n router with gigabit ports and that seems to have cleared things up a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChickenFlu Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 @kykc - That worked perfectly. Thank you sooo much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chagani Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Will these drivers work with 10.5.2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaw3000 Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I have this problem too with a Realtek 8111B chip (Gigabyte GA-P35-D3P motherboard). I'll try your fix, or maybe the "R1000" driver that has also been mentioned.For the "cable disconnected" problem, try booting into XP, going to your network card's advanted tab, and under the option "wake on lan after shutdown" set it to "enabled". That was the first problem I had and fixed. I'm also having issues with networking on 10.5.2 with my Gigabyte GA-G33-DS2C and realtek 8111b chip. I'm experiencing file sharing and bonjour dropouts along with anemic speed and general network drops. I've seen some other posts regarding network/bonjour issues, and I'm beginning to whether its a driver problem or a leopard bug? BTW, does the 'r1000' driver work through sleep, or does it still require the kext be reloaded or system restarted? Has anyone had any success fixing their 8111b networking issue with any of these drivers? If so, which one? Any insight would be appreciated! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaw3000 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Does anyone have any experience using the r1000 drivers and the realtek 8111b chip? I'm curious if it fixed any problems. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuazo Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I have a Inspiron 1720 with the Broadcom 440 and i have the same problem, a very Slow connection and can`t see other computer in the network. PLEASE HELP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Hoeppner Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Also got an Inspiron 1720 with a Broadcom 4401 card. Sluggish network, and anything network intensive kills the connection. I guess it's the driver too =) As for "network intensive", don't read emule or whatnot. A download manager with 2 concurrent downloads is enough. Browsing is a pain. I wonder, can I contribute to anything to solve this kind of issue? I have not much mac/osx experience, but I speak fluent linux, and enough windows to make it hear me. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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