On Sat, October 7, 2006 3:19 am, Bill Hacker wrote: > Jamie wrote: > *SNIP* (all details already posted) > >> (I use 3Com on all machines)
> Without digressing into decades of *why*, I can just about guarantee > that replacing the offending card with almost-anything-else, from > el-cheapo Realtek to Gig-E Intel, probable exception of anything-SiS, > will cure the problem without further ado. [snip] > We *always* replace 3Com on general principal when encountered, and > at our own (not client) expense. Not about right or wrong, its about > what works *always* and what doesn't always work. > > The time saved the past dozen years has been more than worth the very > modest cost of replacement NIC's. Life is too short .... etc. Odd, we do the exact opposite, replacing all non-3Com NICs we come across with 3Com NICs, for the exact same reason you do: to get something that we know works, and works reliably. :) For Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD, the only NICs that we found to work well are 3Com 3C905B and 3C905C series NICs. D-Link, NetGEAR, RealTek, even a lot of Intel chipsets have given us grief in the past. Since standardising on 3Com, we haven't had any problems. Now we just need to find a good, solid, GigE chipset. ---- Freddie Cash, LPCI-2 CCNT CCLP Helpdesk / Network Support Tech. School District 73 (250) 377-HELP [377-4357] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
