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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 14:02:42 +0700 (WIT)
From: Dwi Suharto <ald72007@akakom.ac.id>
To: Chris Visser <chrisv@absol.co.za>
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Subject: Re: Realtek 8139 unstable?
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On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Chris Visser wrote:
> I'm running FreeBSD 5.1, on a box with a Digi Sync 570 card and a
> Realtek 8139 network card.
>
> The Machine runs fine, most of the time, but every now and again my
> network card stops working for no reason.  Rebooting the box fixes this
> for a while, but the it starts again.
>
> I've tried replacing the card, but that didn't seem to solve the
> problem.

rtl8139 on my machine, running FreeBSD 5.1, there's no trouble,
everything works fine.

maybe you can check the pci controller, is FreeBSD support that device?

CMIIW, must appriciated ...

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