From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 5 18:28:25 2003 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 2071316A4CE for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 18:28:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from theatre.msu.edu (theatre.msu.edu [35.8.69.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97D3D43FAF for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 18:28:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sagejona@theatre.msu.edu) Received: from theatre.msu.edu (12-210-65-147.client.attbi.com [12.210.65.147]) (authenticated bits=0) by theatre.msu.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hB62SMkO057289 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 21:28:22 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from sagejona@theatre.msu.edu) Message-ID: <3FD13EC7.4080407@theatre.msu.edu> Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 21:28:23 -0500 From: "Jonathan T. Sage" Organization: MSU Dept of Theatre User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031013 Thunderbird/0.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <000001c3bafc$38a92540$5201a8c0@intranet.absol.co.za> <20031205201826.2551509f.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> In-Reply-To: <20031205201826.2551509f.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.81.7.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime X-Phone: +1-517-974-1428 X-WWW-Home-Page: http://theatre.msu.edu X-PGP-Key-Figerprint: 182C CF3F 93A9 1DAA 2EBE D4D5 A159 96D9 452E A7F1 X-IM: AIM(jonathantsage,spartyman), ICQ(9587621), YIM(wisesage98) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig56768344BAD9E5B5D962D970" Subject: Re: Realtek 8139 unstable? 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: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 02:28:25 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig56768344BAD9E5B5D962D970 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Vulpes Velox wrote: > On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 08:51:30 +0200 > "Chris Visser" wrote: > > >>Hi, >> >>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. > > > I've had the same thing happen... but mostly under heavy load. From reports I > have heard from other ppl that use this card under FBSD and Windows, I am going > to go with it is just a crappy card. > I've had the same experience with realtek cards. Some work wonderfully, full time, others are unreliable at best. My fix was to but a couple nice 3com cards (xl), i've never looked back. ~j -- "Yesterday upon the stair I saw a man who wasn't there, he wasn't there again today, oh how i wish he'd go away" Rev. Jonathan T. Sage Lighting / Set Designer Professional Web Design [HTTP://theatre.msu.edu] [sagejona@theatre.msu.edu] [See Headers for Contact Info] --------------enig56768344BAD9E5B5D962D970 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/0T7HoVmW2UUup/ERAqJ/AKCHfsfdq/7WjYl1MJRoqCa5QNAXAACghOJr oX+JATHrVsiC0mi/NBJJEFk= =3j1h -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig56768344BAD9E5B5D962D970--