limini Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 I've been struggling with the Realtek 8111b on my GA-EP35-DS3P but the best I've been able to manage is a max of 2 megs/second. Compared to all the other machines on my gigabit lan, it sucks. I had a USB 2.0 to Lan (Linksys USB200M) adapter lying around that I tried to resell on ebay, but I'm glad I didn't because after reading some of the other posts in this section, it turns out to work OOB and gives me a clean 10 megs/second. Now this is of course a lot better but I'd still like to get gigalan speeds out of my iHack, so the question is: has ANYONE gotten gigabit lan to work at full speed using a 3rd party card or USB adapter, UNDER AT LEAST LEO 10.5.5. There's a lot of old posts claiming compatability but they often refer to earlier versions of os x and the few I've found refering to 10.5.5 seem to be discussing problems. There's also a thread with people reporting adapters working, but there's no actual statistics listed so yes, 2 megs/sec technically IS working, but that's not what we all want is it Just trying to find a working solution and at the same time clear the air... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141612-is-there-a-100-working-solution-for-gigabit-lan-on-leopard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
limini Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 Hmmm... So really? NOBODY has a running WIRED Gigabit connection running at proper Gig-E speeds on Leopard 10.5.5? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141612-is-there-a-100-working-solution-for-gigabit-lan-on-leopard/#findComment-1005948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 I have a Realtek (onboard LAN adapter of P35-DS3L) that works on Gigabit connection, also have a Realtek 8169 pci card that alos works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141612-is-there-a-100-working-solution-for-gigabit-lan-on-leopard/#findComment-1006283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
limini Posted December 20, 2008 Author Share Posted December 20, 2008 I have a Realtek (onboard LAN adapter of P35-DS3L) that works on Gigabit connection, also have a Realtek 8169 pci card that alos works. Thanks Macgirl. But are you getting full Gig-E performance from them? Like > 10 mB/sec? My Gig-E 8111b built-in ethernet also "works" but it maxes out at 2 mB/sec while a 10/100 card on the same system maxes out its bandwidth at 10 mB/sec. Have you looked at your transfer rates via Activity Monitor? There's working... and then there's WORKING Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141612-is-there-a-100-working-solution-for-gigabit-lan-on-leopard/#findComment-1006742 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Right now I don't have another computer connected with a Gigabit card, AFAIK my Dell laptop does not have a Gigabit port. But believe me, when I get one I'll test it ASAP. Or there is another way to test it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141612-is-there-a-100-working-solution-for-gigabit-lan-on-leopard/#findComment-1006788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackHair Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 I have nforce MCP55 GB lan. I can reach about 40-45mb/s, but it's the drive in my server (old IDE disk) that limits my speeds here. So I guess it's possible to get full speed out of GB lan. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141612-is-there-a-100-working-solution-for-gigabit-lan-on-leopard/#findComment-1006803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
limini Posted December 20, 2008 Author Share Posted December 20, 2008 I have nforce MCP55 GB lan. I can reach about 40-45mb/s, but it's the drive in my server (old IDE disk) that limits my speeds here.So I guess it's possible to get full speed out of GB lan. Thanks Jack. Are you getting these speeds with Leo 10.5.5? My bottleneck is strictly with Leo 10.5.5 and the onboard Realtek Gig-E NIC. Like I mentioned, the 10/100 USB-LAN adapter I have maxes out it's bandwidth at 10 mBytes/sec, 5 times more than what I'm getting with the onboard. No problems with any other OS, or any previous version of Leo, just Leo 10.5.5. ...Or there is another way to test it You can't test Gig-E throughput outside of a Gig-E connection, but you can at least see if your speed reaches the maximum you can transfer on your 100 mbit/sec connection. It'll at least tell you if you're achieving the max throughput you currently can. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141612-is-there-a-100-working-solution-for-gigabit-lan-on-leopard/#findComment-1007278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackHair Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Thanks Jack. Are you getting these speeds with Leo 10.5.5? My bottleneck is strictly with Leo 10.5.5 and the onboard Realtek Gig-E NIC. Like I mentioned, the 10/100 USB-LAN adapter I have maxes out it's bandwidth at 10 mBytes/sec, 5 times more than what I'm getting with the onboard. No problems with any other OS, or any previous version of Leo, just Leo 10.5.5. You can't test Gig-E throughput outside of a Gig-E connection, but you can at least see if your speed reaches the maximum you can transfer on your 100 mbit/sec connection. It'll at least tell you if you're achieving the max throughput you currently can. Yes, this is with 10.5.5. Don't know about .5.6 though, I haven't updated yet on this machine. I'll wait for the voodoo 9.6.0 kernel before I update. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141612-is-there-a-100-working-solution-for-gigabit-lan-on-leopard/#findComment-1009039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Thanks Macgirl. But are you getting full Gig-E performance from them? Like > 10 mB/sec? My Gig-E 8111b built-in ethernet also "works" but it maxes out at 2 mB/sec while a 10/100 card on the same system maxes out its bandwidth at 10 mB/sec. Have you looked at your transfer rates via Activity Monitor? There's working... and then there's WORKING Works here from my main to spare machine (8111C to 8111B) I routinely get 50-60 sometimes 70 like it shows for the max in the picture, perhaps you have a bad cable or router port. Edit: Running 10.5.6 but the speed never has really changed with any version I have run only IONetworkingFamily changed for Time Machine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141612-is-there-a-100-working-solution-for-gigabit-lan-on-leopard/#findComment-1009099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
limini Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 Thanks a heap MacUser2525! I was beginning to wonder. These are the speeds I'm looking for. I've tested with two cables and they both work at full Gig-E on another computer. I also had to fix IONetworkingFamily for Time Machine to work but most of my install is vanilla. However my RTL8111B is actually recognized as a RTL8168B by the system and this is a vanilla driver. Which driver are you using? Maybe that's my problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141612-is-there-a-100-working-solution-for-gigabit-lan-on-leopard/#findComment-1009322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 However my RTL8111B is actually recognized as a RTL8168B by the system and this is a vanilla driver. Which driver are you using? Maybe that's my problem. Good point I am using the r1000 it worked the same with the vanilla but you may want to give this a try just to see if it helps for you. RealtekR1000_1.8.1.kext.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141612-is-there-a-100-working-solution-for-gigabit-lan-on-leopard/#findComment-1009357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Hey thanks, I had the 1.0.4 version. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141612-is-there-a-100-working-solution-for-gigabit-lan-on-leopard/#findComment-1010020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
limini Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 Just a note to complete this thread. On PCWiz' observation about 10.5.6 I tried simply using Software Update to go to 10.5.6 and there was a kernel panic and a freeze. I decided I didn't have time to look into why, so I restored using the Disk Utility Restore from a SuperDuper sparse image backup and when I relaunched it wouldn't boot because the EFI8 probably got toasted. I rebooted with the 123 IsoLinux booter and was able to boot into the install. I then decided to install the latest Chameleon 1.0.11 and the "EFI9" "boot" file (I wasn't able to find a complete installer for Cham 1.0.12... is there one?). And the system rebooted. FASTER! Everything suddenly got zippy on this system. The LAN is maxing out in the high 40 MB/secs as it should for the type of drives I'm using. Something got fixed for the better in a big way. I never got around to trying the R1000 driver. FYI. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141612-is-there-a-100-working-solution-for-gigabit-lan-on-leopard/#findComment-1019323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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