Problems with SK and EM network cards/drivers on my system

[Mike Tancsa]

On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 14:15:51 -0400, in sentex.lists.freebsd.net you
wrote:

>Im having an issue with my new linksys eg1032 nic and the onboard intel 
>82547EI on my new server.  ill go over both problems individually and 
>include my dmesg below that. 
>
>now the EM problem.
>
>when i am running a very high network load (streaming video, dumping 
>ALOT of data across the network, etc) the network card disconnects (i 
>loose pings and all my transfers drop) and 15-20 seconds later it pops 
>up on the console with "em0: Link is up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex" and then 
>it starts working again.  again im at a dead wall and really want my 
>network to work properly so i can do what i need to do.
>

Not sure about the sk issue, but there have been some changes to the
em driver since 5.4.  If you can, I would try moving to 6.0R when it
comes out.  Also, what is the em nic plugged into ? Does the port have
any logging facilities to see what might be going on from the switch's
perspective ?

	---Mike
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