i think this is related:
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,6530.msg37425.html#msg37425
Daniele Guazzoni schrieb:
I can access the console via ssh and already tried to restart the
webconfigurator and the whole without success...
regards
sai wrote:
Realtek and Via ethernet interfaces are supported and are used by many
on this list, but the hadware and the drivers are not as good as the
Intel ethernet.
especially realtek's! We have a machine or two with realtek giga, and
they simply cannot achieve anything like theoretical