No static IP on en0 after wake (RealTek RTL8111E, Lnx2Mac's driver)

[EvilMax]

No static IP on en0 after wake (RealTek RTL8111E, Lnx2Mac's driver) [SOLVED]

Hi, All,

I had need to add static public IP on my Mac using point to point ethernet connection (On my mac I've assigned static IP x.x.x.204 with netmask 255.255.255.255, on gateway IP x.x.x.201 with netmask 255.255.255.255 peered to my x.x.x.204, all is working after booting and even after wake of short term sleep). But after some time using this configuration I've found bad thing: my IP did not restored after waking up from long sleep (more then several minutes). After such wake I also have no ability to assign any static IP manually until reboot my Mac or enter network configuration, switch to DHCP, get some IP and then switch back to manual. What could be done to fix this issue?

My build is ML 10.8.2, Gigabyte GA-H67MA-USB3-B3 F6 BIOS, Core i3-2130, Asus 9600GT. Internal adapter is RTL8111E. I've used DSDT from this site and Lnx2Mac's network driver from MultiBeast 5.0.2.

 

[virtualm]

Hi,

It happened to me also until I enabled Network Stack options (Boot ROM PXE) in bios. I think it causes to init the NIC every time it resumes from sleep.
My system: MSI Z77MA-G45, 16GB RAM, i7 3770, Intel HD 4000. I'm using same lnx2mac driver. My system works perfect now.

Best regards,
VM

 

[EvilMax]

Hi,

Unfortunately I have no such or similar option in BIOS

 

[virtualm]

Try to activate Onboard LAN Boot ROM. Basically it's the same thing.

Best regards,
VM

 

[EvilMax]

No static IP on en0 after wake (RealTek RTL8111E, Lnx2Mac's driver) [SOLVED]

Great! Issue is solved, activating BOOT ROM helped. Seems it really contains some algorithms that properly initialises NIC on wake. [NOT SOLVED - BUG PRESENT ]

Thank you!

 

[EvilMax]

I was wrong. Bug is still present.

 

[wilco.teesselink]

Hi,

had the same error, no working RTL8111E with Lnx2Mac driver after sleep.
No difference if I used fixed ip of DHCP.
if connected to 100 MBit switch there is no problem, when connected to GBit switch the network is functional after boot, and sometimes after sleep.
Tried two different GBit switches (TP-link and LinkSys)

removed Lnx2Mac driver and installed Realtec 2.0.6 driver.
Up to now the network is active 100% of the time (20 trials, sometimes after short sleep, sometimes after 8 or more hours sleep)

Did not test with the fix ip address

Good luck

Wilco

 

[EvilMax]

Thank you for reply.
Your case seems the same as mine. I'm connected to 100Mbit switch, so I've got sometimes working network, but most times not. I will try tomorrow new driver.

So does it inclueded with MultiBeast and how to completely remove Lnx2Mac's driver from my system? Is it enough to remove folder with driver from SLE or it is written some deeper in system?

 

[wilco.teesselink]

Hi

if removed the lnx2mac driver from SLE and next installed the realtek driver from multibeast 5.0.2

that worked for me.

best regards
Wilco

 

[EvilMax]

Hi,

Thank you! Problem really was in driver. After switching to Realtek 2.0.6 issue is gone.