Intel I217LM - 100baseTX <full-duplex>(not working at gigabit)

[5k7m4n]

Any help would be appreciated. What I tried:

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vi /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
FreeBSD: { enabled: yes }

pkg update
pkg install intel-em-kmod

vi /boot/loader.conf.local
if_em_updated_load="YES"

Reboot

Still will not connect at 1000baseT <full-duplex>

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em0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        description: LAN
        options=4219b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWTSO>
        ether 70:4d:7b:x:x:x
        inet x.x.x.x netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast x.x.x.255
        media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
        status: active
        nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>

OPNsense 22.1.2_1-amd64
FreeBSD 13.0-STABLE
OpenSSL 1.1.1m 14 Dec 2021


I did find this post that says not to but compile from source. Wondering if that would help?




edit: hw probe

I did try different cables!

[5k7m4n]

anyone have any ideas? I have been holding off building the drivers.

[cosmos]

You don't need to build drivers for this network card it works out of the box with FreeBSD and OPNsense.

I have this nic to and never had problems with it:
em2: <Intel(R) I217-LM LPT>

Perhaps a UTP cable problem or hardware failure?

[TheLatestWire]

Just one additional troubleshooting thought would be to set the switch port to Gigabit rather than auto negotiate if that's possible.  Let us know if you find a solution.  I have a SFF PC with this card and I'd like to move my OPNsense install to it.

[DAIOSAMA]

Not that it helps any but I put xigmanas on a dell desktop with the I217LM chipset and it will only connect at 100baseTX as well.  I really don't want to get a PCI card for the computer if I can avoid it.

[roylaprattep]

I have the same problem with intel onboard card. I need to reboot at least once every day to get back to 1000mbps... I don't even know when it falls back on 100mbps, I'm not always looking at it you know...