Atheros 8161-BL3A on a Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI

[Roenbaeck]

I have the motherboard GA-Z97N-WIFI from Gigabyte with a Atheros 8161-BL3A wired LAN controller. According to https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?alc(4) this seems to be supported, but the integrated controller is not recognised by nas4free (out of the box). Do I need to do something in order to get the LAN working?

[tony1]

you may need to set if_alc_load="YES" in System > Advanced > loader.conf according to the link you posted.

[Roenbaeck]

Unfortunately that did not solve the problem.

[Roenbaeck]

Is it possible to load the module manually? Something like modprobe in linux? I'm not that familiar with freebsd...

[doktornotor]

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kldload alc

Wouldn't expect any useful result from that, if it's not loaded than the card is not supported. (Can be as simple as a missing device/vendor ID in the driver.)