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Hardware and Performance / D-Link Gigabit NIC DGE-528T stuck at 100Mbps
« on: August 24, 2019, 09:06:31 pm »
Hi
I've had to replace the onboard LAN port (Realtek chip) of my PC. Replacement is a PCI Gigabit NIC from D-Link using the Realtek 8169S chip, Model DGE-528T.
Problem is, I can't get the new DGE-528T to connect at full speed. It is only using 100baseTX full-duplex, and 1000baseT isn't even available on the interface for manual configuration. According to pciconf the NIC is detected correctly:
class=0x020000 card=0x43001186 chip=0x43001186 rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
(vendor='D-Link System Inc' device='DGE-528T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter').
whereas dmesg shows rather generic info:
re0: <Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller> port ...
re0: Using Memory Mapping!
re0: Using line-based interrupt
re0: version:1.95.00
re0: Ethernet address: 00:ad:24:xx:xx:xx
<some patent info>
re0: Ethernet address 00:ad:24:xx:xx:xx
The onboard LAN port with some Realtek chip too (also re0:, so same driver) used to be able to use 1000baseT link speed.
Are there any settings where I can influence the link speed and settings available to this NIC? Do I need to activate or make a new entry for this specific model in some configuration file?
I have checked other forums where a possible solution to such problems was patching the driver module sources and recompiling the sources, which seems to be not an option here since there are no sources that came with the installation.
I would be grateful for any hints, so I don't need to go back to the store and try to replace the card again...
I've had to replace the onboard LAN port (Realtek chip) of my PC. Replacement is a PCI Gigabit NIC from D-Link using the Realtek 8169S chip, Model DGE-528T.
Problem is, I can't get the new DGE-528T to connect at full speed. It is only using 100baseTX full-duplex, and 1000baseT isn't even available on the interface for manual configuration. According to pciconf the NIC is detected correctly:
class=0x020000 card=0x43001186 chip=0x43001186 rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
(vendor='D-Link System Inc' device='DGE-528T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter').
whereas dmesg shows rather generic info:
re0: <Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller> port ...
re0: Using Memory Mapping!
re0: Using line-based interrupt
re0: version:1.95.00
re0: Ethernet address: 00:ad:24:xx:xx:xx
<some patent info>
re0: Ethernet address 00:ad:24:xx:xx:xx
The onboard LAN port with some Realtek chip too (also re0:, so same driver) used to be able to use 1000baseT link speed.
Are there any settings where I can influence the link speed and settings available to this NIC? Do I need to activate or make a new entry for this specific model in some configuration file?
I have checked other forums where a possible solution to such problems was patching the driver module sources and recompiling the sources, which seems to be not an option here since there are no sources that came with the installation.
I would be grateful for any hints, so I don't need to go back to the store and try to replace the card again...