Ensure you are not using the '8139too' driver. Its a little buggy and this shows during high bandwidth usage. BTW Donald Becker is THE linux network card driver guru, this site is predominantly based on his work and explains where i am coming from. http://www.scyld.com/network/rtl8139.html
This may or may not help. I know my experience with the '8139too' left a nasty taste. On 16 Jul 2003 02:50:26 +0200 MailServiceDaemon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The realtek 8139 equiped NIC's works but many problems is reported. > Free BSD says that the 8139 is unstable when auto negotiation. My cable > ISP wants half duplex and networkservice hangs when downloading. > What i know there are 3 different 8139 chips (A,B,C?). Anyone knows how > too find out wich one it is on the NIC? (no screwdriwer....) Diference? -- Michael
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