Netgear FA311 fails to transmit traffic

[Mark Ter Morshuizen <mark%itbox.co.za@localhost>]

Hi,

I have a problem with using a Netgear FA311 network adapter on 4.0.1.
The macphyter driver initialises the card, the card gets its DHCP information 
and from that moment on there's no more traffic. This has been around for a 
while as I recall having the same problem with 3.0. Replacing the card with a 
GA311 fixes the problem. I need the FA311 for its low profile bracket.

dmesg:
8<------------------------------------------------------------------------
sip0 at pci0 dev 8 function 0: NatSemi DP83815 10/100 Ethernet, rev 00
sip0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 16 (irq 11)
sip0: Ethernet address 00:09:5b:bb:cc:9e
nsphyter0 at sip0 phy 0: DP83815 10/100 media interface, rev. 1
nsphyter0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
8<------------------------------------------------------------------------

dhcp:
8<------------------------------------------------------------------------
Listening on BPF/sip0/00:09:5b:bb:cc:9e
Sending on BPF/sip0/00:09:5b:bb:cc:9e
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPREQUEST on sip0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
ip length 329 disagrees with bytes received 330.          //*
accepting packet with data after udp payload.             //*
DHCPACK from 192.168.0.5
bound to 192.168.0.180 -- renewal in 239 seconds.
8<------------------------------------------------------------------------
The lines indicated with //* here don't happen with the other card.

route show:
8<------------------------------------------------------------------------
Internet:
Destination        Gateway            Flags
default            192.168.0.5        UG
loopback           127.0.0.1          UGR
localhost          127.0.0.1          UH
192.168.0.0/24     link#1             U
192.168.0.5        link#1             UHRL
192.168.0.180      127.0.0.1          UGH
8<------------------------------------------------------------------------

ifconfig -a
8<------------------------------------------------------------------------
sip0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        address: 00:09:5b:bb:cc:9e
        media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex)
        status: active
        inet 192.168.0.180 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
        inet6 fe80::209:5bff:febb:cc9e%sip0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
8<------------------------------------------------------------------------


Any pointers?

Thanks,
-- 
Mark Ter Morshuizen
www.itbox.co.za
2U Rackmount Casings: http://www.rackmount.co.za