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Old 04-04-2012, 06:49 PM
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Ethernet stops working?

So I finally got ethernet working on iATKOS L2 (I have an NVIDIA nForce ethernet card) by using kexts from iATKOS S3. It worked well... for 60 seconds. After that, it just stopped loading web pages (the loading bar gets 1/8 of the way, and hangs there.) But the weird thing is that in the network prefpane, it says it's still connected, using DHCP, and gives me my LAN IP.... but I can't connect to my router's settings either (IP is 10.0.0.1, and it works whether or not the router is connected to the internet)!! Gah!!

This is extremely frustrating, can anyone help?

Full machine specs: Acer Aspire X1700
CPU: Intel Pentium Dual Core 2.4 GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce G100 (Integrated)
Audio: Realtek HDA card
Network: Dial-up modem and NVIDIA nForce ethernet card
Mobo: nForce
DVD: Optiarc DVD+/-R & RAM drive
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Old 04-04-2012, 07:11 PM
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If you use nForceLAN get the older version of it. I had so many problems with the latest one (with one being a similar problem as yours).

Try 0.64.5

My Hardware
CPU: Intel Celeron G530
Memory: 4.00 GB DDR3 1333Mhz
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
OS: Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 - Vanilla kernel
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-D2-B3
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Old 04-04-2012, 09:20 PM
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Will do, but I noticed that the nForce card is using a different driver. According to system profiler, it says it uses IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/nvenet.kext, not nForceLAN. I'll post back after I try your suggestion.
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Old 04-05-2012, 04:13 AM
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Doesn't work; same issue--- it says I'm connected in system prefs, but I can't get on the internet. This is after rebooting, and reloading the kext many times.
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Old 04-05-2012, 10:04 PM
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Well, I personally had to get rid of the nvenet.kext first. And then I just used nForceLAN, you might want to try to move the nvenet.kext out of that folder for a test.

Be sure to remove your extensions.mkext as well.

My Hardware
CPU: Intel Celeron G530
Memory: 4.00 GB DDR3 1333Mhz
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
OS: Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 - Vanilla kernel
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-D2-B3

Last edited by Unrealized; 04-05-2012 at 10:06 PM.
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Old 04-30-2012, 04:19 AM
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i also have a mcp51 nforce lan.. Mac 10.7.3 found the controller but not connecting.. I tried the above suggestions but nothing worked... Installed mac os with usb/unibeast method without DSDT.. Any help?
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Old 04-30-2012, 05:13 AM
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My MCP78 Lan (Geforce 8200 chipset), based on Realtek 8211BL, works awesome with nvenet.kext from 10.6.0, it never worked with nForceLan.kext

System
  • MoBo: MSI K9N2GM-FD, Chipset GeForce 8200 (MCP78)
  • CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @3,02 Ghz
  • RAM: Kingston 2GB DDR2 800Mhz + Corsair 2GB DDR2 800Mhz @747Mhz
  • VGA: EVGA 9800GT SSC
  • HDD: 300GB WD SATAII
  • Optical Drive: Sony SATA 24X
  • OS: Vanilla Mac OS X Server 10.6.0 + Nawcom ModCD, upgraded to 10.6.8 and Windows 7 x64.
Everything works, except sleep, so system isn't Energy Star compilant .
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Old 04-30-2012, 02:45 PM
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My controller is based on Realtek ->8211B<-. I'll try your suggestion!!! If this works out you are the man!!
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Old 05-15-2012, 01:35 AM
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It's NOT working!! :-(



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