On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 08:27:12PM -0400, Johan Kullstam wrote: > Mikael Rudberg <mik...@iced.se> writes: > > > Hi > > > > I've been using Debian for approx 5 years. I'm in the process of > > building me a new NAS machine. > > To that end i have bought a small NAS chassis and a DG945GCLF2 wich > > has a atom 330 and realtek RTL8168C/8111 NIC. I have everything hooked > > up to a Dink DGS-1008D gigbit switch > > [cut litany of realtek woes. also complaint that external card won't > fit in the case.] > > My Gigabyte board (ga-p35-ds3r) has a realtek on it. It never worked > right. It would randomly not come back up after a reboot. I dug up > an old 3com 3c905b which works just fine for my home network. > > Unfortunately, nearly all motherboards seem to have this crap realtek > chip. I guess this doesn't actually help you. I just wanted to let > you know that you are not alone in suffering realtek. > > Does anyone have these things working reliably?
yes, get the source from the realtek site and compile for your kernel. I had real problems with the one in the kernel > > -- "I don't know why you're talking about Sweden. They're the neutral one. They don't have an army. " - George W. Bush The Oval Office during a Dec. 2002 Oval Office meeting with Rep. Tom Lantos, as reported by the New York Times
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