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Re: Realtek ethernet (was Re: recent mobo recommendation)



On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:02:42 -0400, Ryan Manikowski wrote:

> On 4/14/2010 9:28 AM, Ron Johnson wrote:

>> Really?   RealTek chips are as common as flies on horse poop, and works
>> perfectly for me.
>>

(...)

> Same here. Realtek 100mbit and GigE chips have always worked great
> regardless of kernel version. The chipsets that have horrible support
> are the Marvell adapters that use the 'sky2' module.
> 
> See this thread for details (sky2 module has still not been fixed since
> its introduction in 8/2006):
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-487018-postdays-0-postorder-asc-
start-0.html

Mmmm... I manage some lenny systems running a variety of network adapters 
(mainly Intel -e1000e- , Realtek -r8169- and Marvell -skge-) and have not 
experienced any problem with them :-?

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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