From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 27 20:37:26 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09E9337B422 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2001 20:37:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f3S3ank77401; Fri, 27 Apr 2001 20:36:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Greg Lehey" , "Doug Young" Cc: "Scot" , Subject: RE: Realtek 8139 NIC and IRQ problem. Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 20:36:48 -0700 Message-ID: <00de01c0cf94$7497f8c0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <20010427095045.C34609@wantadilla.lemis.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Not that I'm recommending these cards but: $dmesg . . . rl0: port 0xe800-0xe8ff mem 0xffaebe00-0xffaebeff ir q 11 at device 18.0 on pci0 rl0: Ethernet address: 00:48:54:85:1c:0c miibus0: on rl0 rlphy0: on miibus0 rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto rl1: port 0xec00-0xecff mem 0xffaebf00-0xffaebfff ir q 11 at device 20.0 on pci0 rl1: Ethernet address: 00:48:54:8d:ff:44 miibus1: on rl1 rlphy1: on miibus1 rlphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto . . . $ $uptime 8:34PM up 40 days, 14:14, 1 user, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 $ With these, as with all other junk hardware, YMMV Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Greg Lehey >Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 5:21 PM >To: Doug Young >Cc: Scot; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: Realtek 8139 NIC and IRQ problem. > > >On Thursday, 26 April 2001 at 19:51:45 +1000, Doug Young wrote: >>> I'm not sub'd to the list, so if you have any thoughts I'd >appreciate a CC >>> to me, if that's not standard procedure. And yes, I know it's a >>> fabulously cheap NIC, but for my limited needs it should be more than >>> adequate. >> >> I notice at least one recent contributor bagging the RealTek 8139 >> (with good reason) Personally I make a point of never purchasing el >> junko hardware, unfortunately a client acquired several of those >> disasters for a panic job recently & they sure lived up to their >> reputation !!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRR The previous time I encountered them >> they were purchased by an accountant (yes well .... I know one can't >> expect much from a beancounter). After a few days of network >> connectivity problems it wasn't difficult to convince the "powers >> that be" that it just might be a good idea to have someone >> technically qualified specify what hardware would be purchased in >> the future. > >One of the best Ethernet cards I know is the Intel EtherExpress. In >the Linux world, however, it has a very poor reputation. The real >culprit appears to be the Linux driver. I wonder how good our RealTek >driver is. > >Greg >-- >When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. >If you don't, I may ignore the reply. >For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html >Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key >See complete headers for address and phone numbers > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message