Solved NIC problem - Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet Controller

[DusTech]

Hi!

My introduction:

I am a windows user and I'm trying to change OS for many reasons...
I've tried many Linux distros and every time it didn't work, I'm a noob I know, but Linux just don't work for me.

Then I found FreeBSD that looks like a lot different and I'm trying to learn it from the basics.

tl:dr I'm a FreeBSD noob. (and Unix in general)


The problem

I've installed FreeBSD 11 from the memstick "FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick".

My PC is a laptop (CLEVO P751DM) with a "Qualcomm Atheros - Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet Controller" that I'm not able to make it work.

Using pciconf -lv the NIC shows.
Using ifconfig the NIC doesn't show.

In the alc(4) there is something about the Killer Ethernet but it shows the E2200 only.

Am I out of luck?

Thank you in advance!

 

[getopt]

See https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=312358
and https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi...=FreeBSD+11.0-stable&arch=default&format=html
which means 11-STABLE should work for you.

 

[DusTech]

See https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=312358
and https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi...=FreeBSD+11.0-stable&arch=default&format=html
which means 11-STABLE should work for you.

lol, what a noob I am... I didn't realize that RELEASE isn't STABLE... that is also explained in the guides, but I didn't remember it.

Thank you very much, I'm downloading the stable "release" right now!

Updating this issue soon...

 

[DusTech]

Ok, after I used the stable version the NIC worked.

Thank you very much!

 

[rigoletto@]

Indeed the RELEASE is the rock stable version. STABLE is where the FreeBSD developers prepare the system to update to a new dot RELEASE, 11.1 for instance, something like a working area. Not so stable indeed, but not unstable either.

And then there is CURRENT what is the development/unstable/bleeding edge branch, aka developer playground, where new things are worked usually aiming the next RELEASE, like 12.

Cheers!