Re: anyone got a quad/tri port ethernet card for sale?!!

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 11:04:43 +0000, 
Rory Irvine <rory@bytel.net.uk> wrote in message 
<[🔎] 20040229110443.GA24058@klub.org>:

> 
> > Do you know if these (D-link 570 or 580) are supported with the
> > basic Debian stable??  If so, I'm off to place bids!
> 
> Both are supported. However, I found that the 580 seems to suffer from
> high packet loss in high-load situations where the 570 is unaffected,
> and I've seen similar reports from others, too.
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> This may simply be because the 580 is a newer card, and therefore
> there hasn't been time to work out all of the bugs from the driver, so
> maybe things are better in 2.6.x - still, if you have the choice, I'd
> go for the 570.

..is this packet loss related to the tulip-needs-one-irq-per-wire-to-
quit-whining "System Error occured (0)" bug?

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