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Old 4th October 2011
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There are multiple chips in use. The "8101E" is Realtek's NIC controller chip. There is a second chip in the NIC, which communicates with the Ethernet network. In this case, it is an ASIC which OpenBSD 4.9 does not know about.

Because that NIC was able to communicate on the Ethernet for DHCP, it may be possible to assign a MAC address (also known as an Ethernet address) in order to permit point to point communication on your LAN. DHCP protocol is conducted via UDP broadcasts, not via specific device addresses.

To test -current, as I've recommended:
  1. Download bsd.rd from your nearest mirror's /pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/i386/
  2. Place that file somewhere convenient for booting. I recommend your root directory, though renamed as something other than bsd.rd so that you do not overlay your 4.9-release version; you might need it. You can name it anything you want, I recommend "bsd.test".
  3. Reboot.
  4. At the "boot>" prompt, just type bsd.test and press Enter.
  5. Select the Shell at the completion of boot.
  6. Inspect your dmesg. Is the ASIC known?
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