Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:50:46 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Doug Young <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> Cc: Scot <sa_murr@CAM.ORG>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Realtek 8139 NIC and IRQ problem. Message-ID: <20010427095045.C34609@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <047201c0ce36$83499f90$0400a8c0@oracle>; from dougy@bryden.apana.org.au on Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 07:51:45PM %2B1000 References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10104260455410.22753-100000@Gloria.CAM.ORG> <047201c0ce36$83499f90$0400a8c0@oracle>
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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
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