From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 14 18:54:37 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F66816A403 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:54:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7900013C45B for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:54:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 1901 invoked from network); 14 Mar 2007 18:54:36 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 14 Mar 2007 18:54:36 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id E2A3928426; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:54:35 -0400 (EDT) To: "Alexander Schlichting" References: <07fa01c765a7$e2855080$a78ff180$@net> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:54:35 -0400 In-Reply-To: <07fa01c765a7$e2855080$a78ff180$@net> (Alexander Schlichting's message of "Tue\, 13 Mar 2007 20\:43\:03 +0100") Message-ID: <447itj64gk.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.93 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with SSH and Realtek driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:54:37 -0000 "Alexander Schlichting" writes: > > > I had a problem with the sshd disconnecting incoming connections after a few > seconds of inactivity. I tried a lot and found no solution for this so I > ended up with trying the latest driver from here : > http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1 > d=4&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true> > &PNid=13&PFid=4&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true > and since the driver is from mid November last year I did not expect it to > be any better. I actually expected FreeBSD to have that driver with the > kernel but it seems like it's not. After installing this driver all my > problems are gone. The problem is I have to install 4 servers with the same > Realtek NIC. What would be the best way to do this and to compile the driver > static with the kernel. I would like to avoid loading it as a module for > every server. Does a snapshot release maybe have the latest Realtek driver ? That depends a bit on exactly which RealTek hardware you have. However, the drivers have undergone continuous development, so your results are likely to be better with more recent FreeBSD code. An examination of the code with that version and the one it was based on could tell you what the changes were that RealTek made. Then you could see if those changes have made it into the latest version. Good luck.