Re: stability problem, disappearing interfaces

From: mips (anti_at_spam.gov)
Date: 04/26/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 07:40:03 +0200

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:59:02 -0700
Ted Unangst <tedu@stanford.edu> wrote:

> i know i've shoveled gigabytes and gigabytes through rl nics without
> any trouble. i can't actually recall anybody with a network problem
> that was confirmed to be a realtek's fault. i've seen lots of posts
> where people with rl nics had network trouble, but never a followup
> to say swapping the nic solved the problem. in short, people have
> heard they suck, and tell other people they suck, but no one has
> experienced said suckage.

I had troubles with 8139 at work and since they have been swapped with
3com gears these troubles disapeared. I also know people that had
troubles with realtek cards too, so no it's not a myth.
 
mips

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