Good, stable gigabit nic?

[martinko]

John Pettitt wrote:
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> My gigabit nic has gone bad (after months of working just fine  it's
> saying "sk0 watchdog timeout" after a day or so of operation - temp
> fix is to reboot) - I'm looking for pointers for a low cos but
> functional gigabit PCI 32 card that runs under 5.4 without issues.  
> What works for you?
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> John

i'm using the same driver and i've already seen the message a few times. 
  some time (a few months?) ago, though, not recently.
i wonder what it might be..

martin