Question: Why ain't I getting gigabit speed?

[Sin]

Maybe you're not using all 4 pairs in the CAT 6 cable.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg at tristatelogic.com>
To: <freebsd-net at freebsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 6:53 PM
Subject: Question: Why ain't I getting gigabit speed?


> 
> 
> Apologies for following up on myself, but I just now found this:
> 
>   https://support.freenas.org/ticket/894
> 
> This thread would suggest that I ain't alone in experienceing this
> problem with the RTL8110S.
> 
> That other guy apparently solved his problem by just simply switching
> to a CAT6 cable.  I however am already using CAT6 cables, and the problem
> for me still exists.
> 
> I tried adding:
> 
> media 1000baseTX
> 
> to my ifconfig_re0= line in my /etc/rc.conf file (and then rebooting),
> however when I did that, a subsequent "ifconfig -a" showed that indeed,
> the card had now been correctly configured to speak 1000baseT, however
> it also said:
> 
> status:  no carrier
> 
> even though the thing most definitely _is_ still plugged in to my
> E2000 router, and I could not ping anything else, even on my own LAN.
> 
> So I'm still stuck, and still looking for an answer.  How can I get this
> card working at gigabit speed?
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