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Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Long Story <dead_line@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: advice needed regarding OS & Hardware.
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>
> From my own experience:
> Realtek pci 1000 8169 re0 work fine and are stable. The TrendNet brand has 
> corrected the previous issues with the on board cards.
> These 8169 cards are plug in pci that work fine (not on board).
possibly newer (fixed) chip revision.
100Mbit/s realteks now are all fine too, after long long time since first 
were made.