I have the same problem with my the ESXi 5.0 drivers for the Atheros AR8151. (ESXi installs but I cannot get network connectivity). Does anyone have any ideas how to fix?

Thanks.

Jeff

I have biostar mb n68s3+ with integrated Realtek RTL 8201CL. I am totally new to esxi. During the install of esxi5 i get an error Nic not found. Can anyone recommend a driver for this nic.

2ichi:
The net-atl1-2.6.26.x86_64.vib.zip have 2 problem:
1. Wake-on-line not work, despite:

2. not working VLAN(virtual machine in Port Group other VLAN ID that "None (0)") over Atheros L1

ichi, I hope very much for your help!
Linux driver from ftp://ftp.hogchain.net/pub/linux/attans ... el_driver/ work fine with WOL and VLAN, I`m tested on CentOS on my mb.
You may do ESXi driver from this linux source?

Hi,

Just want to thank ichi, I have successfully installed ESXi 5 on my Lenovo N100 laptop with Realtek 8139 network working great.

Thank you one more time for making drivers for my Realtek 8139.

Hi,

I have bought a Jetway JNC9KDL-2700
From the manual this is a rtl8111E, from the website, rtl8111EVL
After having contacted jetway.tw, they send me the custom bios, that activates emt64

This itx motherboard consume 17w, without hdd.

xen-server 6.0 work and detect network cards as:
000:002:00.0 RTL8111/8168B (rev 06) (network is working)

ESXi 5.0 update1 detects network cards as:
000:002:00.0 Realtek Realtek 8168 (not working)

i have tested RTL8111/8168B for esxi 5.0, from the 1rst page of this post and 8168, but no more chance...

any advice?
thank you in advance, & sorry for my bad English

2bebel:
Can you post the PCI id for the NIC?

Yes, sorry, from ubuntu 12.04 & xen-server 6.0 :

02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)

Strangely..
Must work with R8168.tgz.

Esxi 5.0 default network driver:

lspci
000:002:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Realtek 8168 Gigabit Ethernet [vmnic1]
000:003:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Realtek 8168 Gigabit Ethernet [vmnic2]

into the gui, configure Management Network show me:
Network identity acquired from dhcp server 192.168.100.1

i have tested static ip settings but no more chance.

No network adaptaters present

/var/log/dhclient.log
DHCPDISCOVER on vmk0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval xyz
.
.
.
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working lease in persistent database - sleeping



R8168-1.tgz

~ # /etc/init.d/usbarbitrator stop
~ # cp /vmfs/volumes/my-usb-key/R8168-1-1.0.0.x86_64.vib /tmp
~ # /etc/init.d/usbarbitrator start
~ # esxcli software acceptance set --level=CommunitySupported
~ # esxcli software vib install -v /tmp/R8168-1-1.0.0.x86_64.vib
(install is ok)
reboot

Realtek Realtek 8168 Gigabit Ethernet in use.

~ # cd /tmp
~ # tar xvf /tardisks/R8168-1.t00
~ # chown -R 201:201 ./etc
~ # chown -R 201:201 ./usr
~ # chmod -R 755 ./etc
~ # chmod -R 755 ./usr
~ # chmod 644 etc/vmware/driver.map.d/r8168.map
~ # chmod 644 usr/share/hwdata/driver.pciids.d/r8168.ids
~ # tar cvf net-r816.tar etc usr
~ # vmtar -c net-r816.tar -o net-r816.v00
~ # mv /bootbank/net-r816.v00 /bootbank/bckp-net-r816.v00
~ # mv /bootbank/net-r816.v01 /bootbank/bckp-net-r816.v01
~ # cp net-r816.v00 /bootbank/net-r816.v00
~ # cp net-r816.v00 /bootbank/net-r816.v01
~ # reboot

lspci:
000:002:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [vmnic1]
000:003:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [vmnic2]

No network adaptaters present

/var/log/dhclient.log
DHCPDISCOVER on vmk0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval xyz
.
.
.
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working lease in persistent database - sleeping

dhcp is enable et functional into the lan, i have 1 hp proliant dl-380 g5 with the same version of esxi on lan.

if you need some logs, no problems.

Strange, isnt?

Regards.