From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 16 02:36:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D7DB16A4CE for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 02:36:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 07FAE43D46 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 02:36:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Mike.Jeays@rogers.com) Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.2.100?) (mjeays2551@24.114.152.139 with plain) by smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 16 Dec 2004 02:36:40 -0000 From: Mike Jeays To: Nico Meijer In-Reply-To: <20041215202220.4311d145.nico.meijer@zonnet.nl> References: <20041215202220.4311d145.nico.meijer@zonnet.nl> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1103164598.747.5.camel@chaucer> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 15 Dec 2004 21:36:39 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rl0: watchdog timeout X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 02:36:41 -0000 > I have no first hand experience with this particular problem, but it's > almost common knowledge RealTek nics are great because they are cheap, > not because they are of good quality. The phrase "piece of crap" has > been uttered more than once in relation to these nics. > I have three of them, and have had no trouble at all so far, in a low-activity home network. I wouldn't buy them for servers at work, though.