mathq Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Hello! As written in the title, i'm looking for a SMC network card driver. I also have a D-Link one, so if no SMC drivers exists, maybe if you could give me a D-Link one, it would be appreciated. Thanks, Xmath279 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231161-smc-or-d-link-network-card-driver/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Hello!As written in the title, i'm looking for a SMC network card driver. I also have a D-Link one, so if no SMC drivers exists, maybe if you could give me a D-Link one, it would be appreciated. Thanks, Xmath279 To stand a chance of getting the correct drivers, you need to state what chipset the SMC and D-Link network cards are each using.......... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231161-smc-or-d-link-network-card-driver/#findComment-1543480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathq Posted September 5, 2010 Author Share Posted September 5, 2010 On the back of the SMC card, it's written: SMC1208T Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231161-smc-or-d-link-network-card-driver/#findComment-1543487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 On the back of the SMC card, it's written: SMC1208T I believe it has a Realtek RTL8029 chipset, found on older style PCI network cards and has limited Operating System support..........so do not know any OS X driver....... What is your D-Link card.........? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231161-smc-or-d-link-network-card-driver/#findComment-1544068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathq Posted September 7, 2010 Author Share Posted September 7, 2010 DFE-538TX Rev. D2 DL10038C Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231161-smc-or-d-link-network-card-driver/#findComment-1544293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 DFE-538TX Rev. D2 The DFE-538TX Rev. D2 uses the so-called DL10038C chipset but AFAIK it is a "re-badged" Realtek RTL8139 chipset based NIC, so see here.......... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231161-smc-or-d-link-network-card-driver/#findComment-1544656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathq Posted September 7, 2010 Author Share Posted September 7, 2010 Thanks! The card actually worked. I'll see if the connection still drops (as you know, my other problem ) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231161-smc-or-d-link-network-card-driver/#findComment-1544673 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathq Posted September 8, 2010 Author Share Posted September 8, 2010 It worked. Then the card dropped (connection). And then I rebooted to reactivate it, but, the card no more allow (or the router) a locale IP address that makes me unable to use the Internet, even locale. When I allow an IP address manually it doesn't work either. What's wrong? It worked, then it no more work... Strange, isn't it? repaired permissions and it worked again... I'll try to see how and why it always drop... I'll get more information and I'll come back with informations to you. Thanks for all the help provided, verdant. Xmath279 Finally, the connection still drops, so it isn't an hardware problem, but a software problem! It happens even on real Macs as I read on other forums... Type dropping connection mac on Google. You'll see. Maybe they explain it better than me Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231161-smc-or-d-link-network-card-driver/#findComment-1544697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 It worked. Then the card dropped (connection). And then I rebooted to reactivate it, but, the card no more allow (or the router) a locale IP address that makes me unable to use the Internet, even locale. When I allow an IP address manually it doesn't work either. What's wrong? It worked, then it no more work... Strange, isn't it? repaired permissions and it worked again... I'll try to see how and why it always drop... I'll get more information and I'll come back with informations to you. Thanks for all the help provided, verdant. Xmath279 Finally, the connection still drops, so it isn't an hardware problem, but a software problem! It happens even on real Macs as I read on other forums... Type dropping connection mac on Google. You'll see. Maybe they explain it better than me It is a NIC chipset / OS X issue..........see here..........that is why I have no problems with my Netgear GA311 Gigabit NIC since it uses the Realtek RTL8169 chipset.......... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231161-smc-or-d-link-network-card-driver/#findComment-1544770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathq Posted September 9, 2010 Author Share Posted September 9, 2010 Okay does this mean that it never will be working okay if I don't buy a new card, or is it a solution? Because it's way too long and in the category RTL...39... it doesn't give me a "Solution"... But if this is a problem with this card, why does the nForce one do the same thing? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231161-smc-or-d-link-network-card-driver/#findComment-1545220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Okay does this mean that it never will be working okay if I don't buy a new card, or is it a solution? Because it's way too long and in the category RTL...39... it doesn't give me a "Solution"... But if this is a problem with this card, why does the nForce one do the same thing? Your internet connection is dependent upon the modem/router/Ethernet(LAN) chipset interaction, whether the chipset is on your MOBO or on a PCI NIC......... The nForce LAN chipset (e.g. Marvell PHY 88E1116) is not natively supported by OS X and Leopard has problems with RTL8139........not fully compatible with Leopard......thus even Sonnet Technology use RTL8169 for Gigabit Ethernet on Leopard.......but if you want to try find a solution to RTL8139, then see this thread.......otherwise, get a RTL8169 chipset NIC......... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231161-smc-or-d-link-network-card-driver/#findComment-1545232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathq Posted September 11, 2010 Author Share Posted September 11, 2010 Still not working, so I'll buy your network card Thanks anyway ! =) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/231161-smc-or-d-link-network-card-driver/#findComment-1546246 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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