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Date:      Sat, 26 Aug 2006 01:09:34 -0500
From:      "Z.C.B." <vvelox@vvelox.net>
To:        "Daniel A." <alive@dienub.org>
Cc:        hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Good network card?
Message-ID:  <20060826010934.60a560e2@vixen42>
In-Reply-To: <44EB4839.8050304@dienub.org>
References:  <44EB4839.8050304@dienub.org>

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On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:08:57 +0200
"Daniel A." <alive@dienub.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> I am currently having a big deal of issues with the ethernet cards
> on my server, as well as a possible motherboard problem.
> This causes my server to reboot occasionally, but never in a
> predictable pattern. A while back, the reboots only occured once
> every two weeks - But now they're almost every other hour. I cant
> take it anymore.
>=20
> So, do you know if the "watchdog timeout"s caused by bad network
> cards can cause a complete system crash/lockup/reboot? If yes,
> shouldn't a kernel core be dumped? And if no kernel is dumped, does
> it mean that the issue is potentially with my IDE controller or
> harddrive? I noticed that, at a point where I had no internet
> connection (And hence, my server was not used - but still turned
> on), the server stayed up for 20 days straight without any issues
> at all - So my #1 suspicion right now is my network cards.
>=20
> sis0 (onboard ethernet, 100mbit) and rl0 (PCI card) in my server
> right now are constantly having issues with their watchdog timeouts.
>=20
> Considering that I am quite poor - What PCI ethernet cards should I
> buy for my server? And could you suggest a cheap motherboard which
> isn't bad too?

I've been happy with my FXP and DC cards. The DC can also be found
cheap as well.

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