ghostbsd/networkmgr

[BUG] wired: DHCP: not gaining an address

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grahamperrin commented

re(4)

https://www.freshports.org/net-mgmt/networkmgr/ networkmgr 5.0 on FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE with latest packages.

With the package installed:

  • after starting the system, an address is not gained until networkmgr is used to manually connect.

After deleting the package and restarting the system:

  • an address is gained automatically.

https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=ce8d45af17 RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driven by re(4).

Comparisons

https://forums.ghostbsd.org/viewtopic.php?p=9437#p9437

Also possibly DHCP no longer working for em(4) – 5.0 on FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT; I'll proceed to test without networkgr …

grahamperrin commented

em(4)

82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (Lewisville)

Also possibly DHCP no longer working for em(4) – 5.0 on FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT; I'll proceed to test without networkgr …

Confirmed. HP EliteBook 8570p. A few days ago, without understanding the cause(s) of the issue, I began working around by configuring rc.conf(5) to use static addressing with the DHCP service of my router at home.

Today I reconfigured to use DHCP, after which service netif restart em0 did not gain a network address. Worked around by using networkmgr to manually connect.

I deleted the package, restarted, gained an address automatically.

82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Whilst I do not have GhostBSD (with OpenRC) on real hardware at the time of writing, https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=4bfec050c1 (2021-05-01, limited lifetime) is for VirtualBox, with the default 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller virtualised.

Here, as far as I can tell, no problem.

ericbsd commented

@grahamperrin just to be clear those issues are is a booth on FreeBSD?

grahamperrin commented

Correct:

  • RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driven by re(4) is FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE on an Ergo Vista 631 notebook (sometimes known as Asus T12Ah or Pegatron T12Ah), circa 2008
  • 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (Lewisville) driven by em(0) is FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT on an HP EliteBook 8570p notebook, circa 2013.

Will it help if I make the issue reproducible, on either computer, with GhostBSD 13-RELEASE? I can try to install it to a spare USB flash drive (16 GB Kingston DataTraveler G3, I know it will be slow, but I don't mind, for testing).

ericbsd commented

Will it helps if I make the issue reproducible, on either computer, with GhostBSD 13-RELEASE? I can try to install it to a spare USB flash drive (16 GB Kingston DataTraveler G3, I know it will be slow, but I don't mind, for testing).

not really since they do not use the same thing to start the DHCP.

ericbsd commented

I was able to reproduce for GhostBSD and fix it. The only thing I do not use FreeBSD on desktop since I eat my own dog food.

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ericbsd commented

I will test my fix for GhostBSD on my laptop.

ericbsd commented

this will fix the issue for GhostBSD https://github.com/ghostbsd/networkmgr/releases/tag/5.4

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ericbsd commented

This morning's update should cover the problem for GhostBSD.

ericbsd commented

For FreeBSD, I will have to install it in one of my hardware, when I have time.

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ericbsd commented

I think I have found a fix for FreeBSD I will need help for testing when it is ready.

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grahamperrin commented

Thanks, I'll help in that.

ericbsd commented

This PR #65 should fix the problem for FreeBSD.

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grahamperrin commented

networkmgr-5.5 installed, wired network (em0) OK with a DHCP server following restart of FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT.

Thank you, would you like to close this issue?

ericbsd commented

Yeah, it looks fix to me, and it has improved the GhostBSD boot process with networking.

Thanks for testing that for me.