This however is not good enough for me Looking for a better solution and will post back my results should I find any improvement. While this DOES allow for the Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E to work and actually get a connections (instead of the dreaded "self-assigned IP" and/or no connection message), it is still a temporary fix in that the card is only operating at 1/10th its optimal speed.Īnybody have success in finding a kext to run this sucker at full 100mb connectivity?Īnd only Realtek's with the manual settings below work: It is in soundcard category and is available to all software users as a free download. Realtek PCIe FE GBE Family Controller Series Driver is licensed as freeware for Windows 32 bit and 64 bit operating system without restrictions. Thanks for all the great info on this board and I hope this helps someone. All drivers available for download have been scanned by antivirus program. I'm using my RTL8136 to make this thread. These instructions taken from this post at (using different drivers): (System Configuration Menu -> Network -> Ethernet -> Advanced -> Hardware) When you do, you'll need to manually configure the hardware for that adapter. Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller is disconnected from network. Right click the Realtek network adapter and select Update Driver software. : Once back in OSX, you'll have to create an Ethernet adapter for your location. Now open the tab Network Adapters and select the Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller adapter.
#REALTEK PCIE FE FAMILY CONTROLLER SPECS FOR MAC#
: Download the official Realtek driver for mac 10.7 (listed "MacOS 10.7 on Intel-based Mac computer", filename "RTGNICv2.0.6For10.7"): Vendor Description: Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller RealTek Semiconductor RTL Family Fast Ethernet NIC I'll post full a full guide on tonymacx86 when I get finished. I'm still working on getting my system fully working with all the qwirks out but I had a crazy time getting the LAN card to work so I wanted to post the way to get it to work.