[mythtvnz] Realtek NICs

[Steve Holdoway]

On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 14:13 +1200, criggie at criggie.dyndns.org wrote:
> Graeme Woollett wrote, On 05/13/2010 09:45 AM:
> > Completely OT - How many people here have r8169 gigabit ethernet chips
> > (on the m/b) in their machines? I have them in all my machines and they miserably fail under high load
> > (i.e. gigabit speeds).
> >    
> 
> Yes - they're cheap, which is why they're using in low-end 
> motherboards.  But you get what you pay for.
> 
> 
> A low end Intel PCIe NIC costs as much as the whole motherboard, and 
> more if you want "server NIC" or multiple ports.
> 
> 1067634   Intel Gigabit CT DT PCIe NIC is RRP $90++
> 
> 1009027   Intel PRO/1000 GT plain old PCI has an RRP of $88++
> 
> 
> Doubtless nicegear stocks these.

Are you sure you haven't got an 8168, which is running with the 8169
module? This is common, and building the proper module from source fixes
it pdq...


http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=4&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true

should work.

Steve


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