LAN card not working

[bsd007]

Originally Posted by johnR

It looks like it's finding the card. What does ifconfig show?

My cable ISP has given me a static IP configuration

IP:172.16.197.XXX
S/M:255.255.255.0
DG:172.16.197.1
DNS:8.8.8.8

I have setup the above configuration during the installation but when I do

ifconfig I see no ip address assigned to re0. IIRC that is my interface name.

Note: I am connected directly without a router.

[johnR]

Don't know if it's any help, but here's what ifconfig shows on my 6.2 desktop, which has a similar ethernet interface (RTL8168C/8111C) and static IP:

re0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
	lladdr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
	index 1 priority 0 llprio 3
	groups: egress
	media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex,rxpause,txpause)
	status: active
	inet 192.168.x.x netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.x.255

[shep]

Could you need to authenticate?
http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=60582.0

[bsd007]

Originally Posted by shep

Could you need to authenticate?
http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=60582.0

That link is not loading. I am not using a router. Its a "direct" Ethernet connection.

[jggimi]

Just as you did with dmesg(8), please post the output of ifconfig(8) here.

[bsd007]

Originally Posted by jggimi

Just as you did with dmesg(8), please post the output of ifconfig(8) here.

I tried the same method but the fat32 partition refused to mount so attaching a photo.

[shep]

Another thought, if your ISP supports a dhcp connection you can cross-check the gateway and DNS mask. If you get a dhcp connection, the values will be in the ifconfig output.

[jggimi]

The state shows "no carrier" - which is a report from the PHY indicating a disconnected Ethernet cable.

Your PHY is an RTL8251, using the rgephy(4) driver. This is a supported hardware component, and has been used successfully with OpenBSD by other users, including gkbsd.

[johnR]

ifconfig I see no ip address assigned to re0

Your screen photo of ifconfig output shows the IP address, but as jggimi pointed out there is no carrier detected.

[jggimi]

And, while I'm here, I notice the IP address assigned is an RFC 1918 private address. This address is not on the Internet. A NAT router must be deployed to communicate with the Internet when using that address.

[bsd007]

My ISP offers static IP only.

There is a router its just not in my residence

[bsd007]

I have used this PC as a pfsense box for about a month. Do you think that has damaged the NIC somehow ?

I know this is a difficult question to answer. Just checking.

[jggimi]

The most likely cause is a bad RJ45 cable connector on one or the other cable-end. They fail.

The second most likely cause is a disconnected cable.

The third most likely cause is a broken cable.

The fourth most likely cause is a damaged PHY at either end of the connection.

[bsd007]

Originally Posted by jggimi

The most likely cause is a bad RJ45 cable connector on one or the other cable-end. They fail.

The second most likely cause is a disconnected cable.

The third most likely cause is a broken cable.

The fourth most likely cause is a damaged PHY at either end of the connection.

Okay but Ubuntu is detecting and using the network without any issues.

What is PHY ?

This is the ifconfig from Ubuntu

$ ifconfig 
enp2s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 172.16.197.126  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 172.16.197.255
        inet6 fe80::a4ab:c902:f5cd:e648  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 60:45:cb:87:53:a5  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 32170  bytes 5263469 (5.2 MB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 23417  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 5771  bytes 1439316 (1.4 MB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

$ ping -c3 google.com
PING google.com (172.217.166.174) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from bom07s20-in-f14.1e100.net (172.217.166.174): icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 time=42.9 ms
64 bytes from bom07s20-in-f14.1e100.net (172.217.166.174): icmp_seq=2 ttl=54 time=41.9 ms
64 bytes from bom07s20-in-f14.1e100.net (172.217.166.174): icmp_seq=3 ttl=54 time=42.6 ms

--- google.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2002ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 41.984/42.527/42.909/0.460 ms

[johnR]

Originally Posted by bsd007

What is PHY ?

Here's what Google told me:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHY_(chip)

[bsd007]

I think the PHY is damaged to a certain extent. Running pfsense was really a bad idea.

[jggimi]

Software is unlikely to damage a PHY.

pfSense is a router OS based on FreeBSD.

As a Linux kernel is able to make the PHY function, but OpenBSD is not able to do so, then this indicates an OpenBSD software issue.

[bsd007]

Originally Posted by jggimi

Software is unlikely to damage a PHY.

pfSense is a router OS based on FreeBSD.

As a Linux kernel is able to make the PHY function, but OpenBSD is not able to do so, then this indicates an OpenBSD software issue.

I really want to use OpenBSD. Its really disappointing that I cant.

[jggimi]

You could, if you were inclined to do so, report this problem to the OpenBSD Project.

[bsd007]

Originally Posted by jggimi

You could, if you were inclined to do so, report this problem to the OpenBSD Project.

I will just wait for the next release and download it when it gets released. Try it and see if there is any improvement.