rl interface drops out occasionally

[Gunnarsson, Mikael]

Save yourself some headache then and don't get another rl.. As it says in the driver's source, it really redefines the meaning of 'low end'. It's dirt cheap, and you get what you pay for..

M

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sumit Shah [mailto:shah at ucla.edu]
> Sent: den 4 februari 2004 03:51
> To: bob.debolt at starblanket.ca
> Cc: freebsd-net at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: rl interface drops out occasionally
> 
> 
> Thanks for the reply, it's good to hear I'm not the only one 
> experiencing this.  At least there is a simple workaround and we were 
> going to upgrade the NIC anyway.
> 
> thanks,
> sumit
> 
> 
> On Feb 3, 2004, at 12:38 PM, Bob DeBolt wrote:
> 
> > Greets
> >
> >> I've noticed that
> >> every now
> >> and then the network interface drops out.  I can ifconfig 
> destroy and
> >> then create it again and the network interface comes back.  This
> >> machine serves nfs/smb/rsync exclusively and nothing more
> >> (2-3 gigs of
> >> traffic is moved per day).
> >
> > I had the same description of problem. I shut off the onboard
> > NIC and installed a new rl and problem was solved. I spent several
> > weeks testing different things. For the 5 or ten bucks for a new
> > rl card, it is worth spending it.
> >
> >
> > Sincerely
> >
> > Bob DeBolt
> > Pres / CTO
> > Starblanket Research
> > 1-877-280-3695
> > Calgary 280-3695
> > bob.debolt at starblanket.ca
> > 0x44E4A96B
> >
> 
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