Realtek 8139 unstable?

[Vulpes Velox]

On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 08:51:30 +0200
"Chris Visser" <chrisv at absol.co.za> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm running FreeBSD 5.1, on a box with a Digi Sync 570 card and a
> Realtek 8139 network card.
> 
> The Machine runs fine, most of the time, but every now and again my
> network card stops working for no reason.  Rebooting the box fixes this
> for a while, but the it starts again.
> 
> I've tried replacing the card, but that didn't seem to solve the
> problem.

I've had the same thing happen... but mostly under heavy load. From reports I
have heard from other ppl that use this card under FBSD and Windows, I am going
to go with it is just a crappy card.

Netgear has some good cheap cards out there that work with the dc driver.