Solved Networking problem in Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411

[blasdo]

Hello. I've configured a freebsd server, sadly, network doesn't work. By default the network is not working.
The network works if I do the following command after login as root:
ifconfig down re0
ifconfig up re0
dhclient re0.

I don't know what's happening and I need network working to use the server well .

Do you know what can be happening?

 

[SirDice]

What's in rc.conf?

 

[6502]

Install Intel NIC and disable Realtek.

 

[didal]

My home router is built around an ASRock J4105B-ITX board with a Realtek RTL8111H NIC and it works flawlessly at full speed. But I had to use net/realtek-re-kmod from ports.

 

[blasdo]

What's in rc.conf?

I think that is fine (I changed the hostname).

hostname="REDACTED"
keymap="us.macbook.kbd"
moused_nondefault_enable="NO"
# Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable
dumpdev="AUTO"
zfs_enable="YES"
ifconfig_re0="DHCP"
background_dhclient="YES"
netif_enable="YES"

 

[blasdo]

My home router is built around an ASRock J4105B-ITX board with a Realtek RTL8111H NIC and it works flawlessly at full speed. But I had to use net/realtek-re-kmod from ports.

It seems like it worked...
I'll do some tests and then I'll mark it as resolved

 

[SirDice]

Remove that netif_enable="YES" line. It's already enabled in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. Speaking of /etc/defaults/rc.conf, you haven't modified it I hope?

 

[blasdo]

Remove that netif_enable="YES" line. It's already enabled in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. Speaking of /etc/defaults/rc.conf, you haven't modified it I hope?

Yes, I haven't modified /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
Ok I can remove this line from /etc/rc.conf.
I think the problem is that I was searching solutions and it must be part of one that doesn't work and I've fogoten remove it.

 

[Emrion]

Next time you have a problem like this, read the dmesg output. You would probably found some clues.

 

[SirDice]

Don't think net/realtek-re-kmod is actually needed. I mean it works if the OP configures the network card from the command line. In other words, re(4) seems to work but for some reason it's not configured after a boot.

 

[blasdo]

Don't think net/realtek-re-kmod is actually needed. I mean it works if the OP configures the network card from the command line. In other words, re(4) seems to work but for some reason it's not configured after a boot.

I'll try to know why re(4) is not configured by default. As you say is really strange that it doesn't work under I run some commands. But at least it works for now.

 

[didal]

Don't think net/realtek-re-kmod is actually needed. I mean it works if the OP configures the network card from the command line. In other words, re(4) seems to work but for some reason it's not configured after a boot.

Not needed for OP case but I had sometime stock re(4) hang with sustained network traffic. Perhaps don't need anymore with more recent FreeBSD releases. Something to try but it works like that since FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE when I first put this board in use.

 

[Erichans]

My home router is built around an ASRock J4105B-ITX board with a Realtek RTL8111H NIC and it works flawlessly at full speed. But I had to use net/realtek-re-kmod from ports.

re(4) - 15.1-RELEASE lists 8111—not the 8111H specifically.
net/realtek-re-kmod lists 8111H(S)

Maybe that difference in variant is significant.