Re: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?
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Hi,
"KULISHdotCOM" <noc@kulish.com> writes:
> I agree, avoid the $10 types. I bought 5 realtek 8139 type cards for 6
> bucks a piece.
I've also got 6 of them floating around, plus two in another location. It
semi-regularly fails in an Alpha, but we were told that the Alpha
motherboard was particularly choosy about the cards it accepted[1]. Other
than that, I've had the cards running flawlessly for about a year...
...Until very recently. Now one of the cards in my router fails
occasionally. It only happens when there's significant load on the network
(usually at 0:45 when the backup occurs). I've just written a wee script
to bounce the card[2] if it fails, so it never bothers me.
I'll have to try the driver that Jason suggested ... Do you have a URL
for it?
[1] Something about timing issues.
[2] ifdown eth1; sleep 1; ifup eth1
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Graeme.
graeme+sig@mathie.cx
"Life's not fair," I reply. "But the root password helps." - BOFH
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