Shaj Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Currently using Leopard 10.5.1 on my AMD. My Onboard LAN (RTL8139), which works perfectly on my Tiger (10.4.10) install, is having major problems in Leopard I get constant connection drops although it says I am still connected! Once the connection drops I have no alternative but to re-start! Even worse it just started the 'self assigned ip' problem. So the only way I can connect (for the lil while it stays online) is my manually setting the ip. I have tried the following solutions: IONetworking kext file from Tiger PCGen 1.2 Drivers (which works perfectly in Tiger) Modified AppleRTL8139 drivers Original AppleRTL8139 drivers I have all but given up Would appreciate if someone could help me solve this problem and maybe the 'self assigned ip' problem too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralDream Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 I do have the same problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaj Posted November 26, 2007 Author Share Posted November 26, 2007 I just noticed something really funny. When my network card stops functioning, my itunes stops working as well!!! I don't understand how they can be connected?!? Every single time I have suddenly not been able to browse or access the Internet, I have not been able to playback on itunes! Are you having the same problem spiral? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralDream Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Yeah... I'm having too. I do not realize since I'm not that fan of iTunes. But I'm also having multiple lock ups, but when I disable network everything working pretty fine on Leopard. Now I'm going back to Vista and Tiger until I find a solution to this =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunFighter71 Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Reboot is not necessary, go to System Preferences=>Network. Select the NIC that "hangs" go to Configure=> select "Off". Select apply. Then select the previous settings under Configure. The NIC will be up again until it is going down again. This will save you a reboot. I have the same problem after adding a MSI HD2600Pro. So I am going to tweak in the BIOS settings I think... or buy a 3com... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaj Posted December 2, 2007 Author Share Posted December 2, 2007 Reboot is not necessary, go to System Preferences=>Network. Select the NIC that "hangs" go to Configure=> select "Off". Select apply. Then select the previous settings under Configure. The NIC will be up again until it is going down again. This will save you a reboot.I have the same problem after adding a MSI HD2600Pro. So I am going to tweak in the BIOS settings I think... or buy a 3com... Wow...you're having the problem because of the display card you added??? Please let me know if u managed to fix it and what settings u tweaked in Bios... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaj Posted December 3, 2007 Author Share Posted December 3, 2007 Reboot is not necessary, go to System Preferences=>Network. Select the NIC that "hangs" go to Configure=> select "Off". Select apply. Then select the previous settings under Configure. The NIC will be up again until it is going down again. This will save you a reboot. Hey Sun. I tried your above method, but the network still didn't come back on. It showed 'connected' but couldn't browse internet or network. Here is another funny thing though... In the past few days, I've had two days when the connection was PERFECT! No drop outs at all. But on BOTH these days, iChat, during conversation, had lots of static noise! After a restart the static went away but the connection dropped within minutes... I just can't seem 2 understand what all this is related to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beed Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 damn lots of people are having this problem and nothing seems to fix it. is this something that only affects AMD users? and i just cant understand why my rtl8139 works perfectly for me but not for my friend. could it be because he has a faster connection maybe? hope someone finds a working fix... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Envying Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 if it drops, go to terminal: sudo -s kextunload /path/AppleRTL8139Ethernet.kext kextload /path/AppleRTL8139Ethernet.kext then you don't have to restart your computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh256 Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I had this problem on my GF's msi-945-gm3 f (using the RT1000 patch).. I was able to somewhat reduce the dropouts by forcing speed/duplex which may implicate a media detect issue (this is on a ~100ft cable run, I re-crimped each end to rule out connector issues). My present workaround is the buffalo pci wifi/nic (detects as airport extreme) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaj Posted December 4, 2007 Author Share Posted December 4, 2007 if it drops, go to terminal: sudo -s kextunload /path/AppleRTL8139Ethernet.kext kextload /path/AppleRTL8139Ethernet.kext then you don't have to restart your computer. This is really weird...the above didn't help!! It showed as not available when I unloaded it...and then it showed as connected after I loaded it...but there was still no real connection...I couldn't browse to the LAN or Internet.... I'm wondering if the problem is more serious than I thought...why does it work so perfectly in Tiger? This is really getting on my nerves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmetal Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Im getting the same problem on Leopard with a Broadcom 440X (acer 5610) The only way I can get it working nonstop is to boot -f. if anyone can find a way to fix it PLEASE HELP! booting -f adds liek 10-15 secs and I hate it! Especially because I cant sleep, so off and on takes like 40 secs now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaj Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 Yeah... I'm having too. I do not realize since I'm not that fan of iTunes. But I'm also having multiple lock ups, but when I disable network everything working pretty fine on Leopard. Now I'm going back to Vista and Tiger until I find a solution to this =/ Hi Spiral. I think I might know what the problem is...although not very sure... Which of the following programs did you have installed on Leopard (at the time u were having the problem)? -istat menus -iWork '08 -iLife '08 Please lemme know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralDream Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I had istat, but that was horrible. That lock me up pretty good lol. But the network problem is unsolved yet... damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaj Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share Posted December 12, 2007 I had istat, but that was horrible. That lock me up pretty good lol. But the network problem is unsolved yet... damn. Hmm...so you didn't have Ilife or iWork? I re-installed ToH and everything was working perfectly with no network lock ups or iTunes stops... Then, in one go, I installed the above listed programs and all the updates that came along...after that was the first time I had the network/itunes lock up... Really strange... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralDream Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Hmm... I do had iwork. I will try again without this {censored} program lol. Thanks for the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaneth Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Does someone find the solution for that problem? I have problem with dropping connection too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polymira Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Having the network drop issue. Even tried going back to the 10.4.8 IONetworking.kext that I KNOW works fine. I don't know about itunes crashing. But the network drops within an hour of no activity, and dies completely if I run a torrent for 10min. Ilife 08 is installed. None of the other programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaj Posted December 29, 2007 Author Share Posted December 29, 2007 Has ANYONE found a solution for this problem????? I seem to, at the moment, get the connection drops ONLY while I'm on a voice conversation in iChat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polymira Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 It doesn't look like it. Doesn't seem like it's a common issue. But it also seems not to be a osx86 issue, but a leopard issue (probably a 10.5.2 fix) as people with ibooks and macbooks seem to have this issue as well ( I don't on my macbook however) I'm annoyed. As my desktop is useless. Every hour I have to reboot to keep network. I re-installed leopard a couple of days ago and didn't have network drops. Re-installed today and it's happening. I don't know what to do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleisch Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Hi all! I'm having the same problem using asrock 775Dual-VSTA mobo with ViaRhine driver. as soon as I start a videoconference with ichat the network connection drops. i can't even connect to my router. with tiger ist worked perfectly... i really do hope someone comes up with a solution to this! cheers fleisch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander k. Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 i have the same issue and tried everything from chaging router, nic, using old ionetworking.kext and so on. maybe we all have a common hardware which leads to these problems. Mine is: Asrock DUAL-VSTA Intel D 805 ViaRhine NIC Geforce 7600 GT PCIe 256MB Switch: U.S Robotics 8x Gigabit Switch Router: Us.Robotics USR8000 DSL-Modem: Zyxel Please, all with the network conenction drop on WIRED ethernet reply with your machine config. Thanks, Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polymira Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 I too have an ASROCK motherboard, can't currently recall the model, but it's got a P4 3GHZ. D-Link NIC. I'll edit model numbers in a bit. (could it be an ASROCK thing?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaj Posted January 8, 2008 Author Share Posted January 8, 2008 Mine is an ASUS Motherboard. AMD X2 Machine Built In RTL8139 Ethernet Biostar 7600GS 512MB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleisch Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 this problem is driving me nuts... nomatter how i try to connect to the internet (or a network) it always crashes when i start moving files or start video/audio conferecing... onboard LAN VIA chip...doesn't work right realtek LAN 8139 NIC...exact same thing d-link G520 WIRELESS...exactly the same problem... so it is not the network adaptor itself? but what the hell is it then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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