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06-04-2009, 02:42 AM
Twenty-eight

Slow internet with RTL-8139/8139C/8139C

Howdy all,

My Mac OS X is running fine, I've got currently everything working and all the kexts I needed are installed, however. My internet connection is pretty slow. Software Updates are taking years, Its not going higher then 2 KB/S.

My ethernet device:

Quote:

02:0f.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)

Is there a tweak or hack needed to resume my internet speed on Mac OS X?

Thanks.
06-04-2009, 04:13 AM
Twenty-eight

Sorry. Forgotten to patch my kext.

For people with the same issue, please follow this:

Download this file

Open terminal:

Quote:

sudo su
rm -R /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/AppleRTL8139Ethernet.kext

cp -R <path to>/PCGenRTL8139Ethernet.kext /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/

chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/PCGenRTL8139Ethernet.kext

chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/PCGenRTL8139Ethernet.kext

touch /System/Library/Extensions

shutdown -r now

Thanks.
07-12-2009, 03:50 PM
Nividica

Thank you

My friend you are my hero. When I began my search it became obvious I needed the PCGen kext, however it was not clear where it went or even how I was going to get it.
This post was a one-stop-shop to get my dl speeds from 1-4k and pings from 59-3000ms (pinging local router) to 350k and 0.72ms
Bless you O:)
Now back to searching to fix the USB issues!
09-15-2009, 11:25 PM
kasserx

Acer 5738z ethernet and wirless

problem in my labtop
ihave 10.5.8 installed in my labtop bt wirless and ethernet all
not working
how can select devives from dvd osx10.5.8 and how to do to fix ethernet and wirless:spinme
09-16-2009, 04:11 AM
icchansan

Whats your LAN/Wifi chipset?
06-13-2010, 01:44 PM
maxoriano

Thanks Twenty-eight

Hi. I spent some time trying to understand how to improve my LAN and Ethernet connection until I found your post. Followed your instructions and now it's working like a charm. Thanks.

Power Macintosh G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors)
Leopard 10.5.8 on 1.0 GHz dual, 2GB, ATI Radeon 9000 Pro

PC Microstar SYS 8010
Leo4All 10.5.2 on Intel i845GV, Celeron D325 2533 MHz, Audio 82801 ICH4 AC97 (working), Ethernet Realtek RTL8139/810x on-board (working)

ASUS A6Q00VA
Leo4All 10.5.2 on Intel Pentium M Centrino 1.73 GHz, Mobility Radeon X700 (resolution works, no QE/CI), Ethernet Gigabit LAN Marvell Yukon (working with skge), WiFi Ethernet (working but no WPA), Sound Realtek High Definition (working with AzaliaAudio), integrated webcam (not working), Bluetooth (headset configured but not working), FireWire recognized but PCMCIA Card doesn't mount, Multicard not working AFAIK

Microstar (desk) and Asus (laptop) work fine with Vista