> Yeah, I've thought about it. But I got no non realtek cards on me, so > I'd have to buy them. And there's always a chance this has nothing > to do with network cards or the driver (after all, it has worked > flawlessly for me since the FreeBSD 3.x days).
> I am wondering if it is related to my motherboard, or something else? > I have a Epox dual cpu board... K something, I'd have to dig it up. > Perhaps there is some issue with that, causing the kernel to do funny > things? > What will enabling polling support do? Unfortuntealy, nothing for you, as it doesn't work with SMP setups (or, at least, not yet). :) For UP setups, it helps with managing interrupts and smoothing the load on the system when lots of packets are going through (or something along those lines - check the comments in /usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES and /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/NOTES for more info on the option). If you could drop the number of RealTek NICs down to one, that should help a lot. I'm running a FreeBSD 5.3 firewall using an onboard RealTek NIC and a D-Link or NetGear NIC (dc(4) driver) and it works much nicer than the 2 rl(4) setup that was in there originally. Every now and then, though, I still have to get a tech to reset the NIC (it's slated for replacement, just haven't got around to it yet). -- Freddie Cash, CCNT CCLP Helpdesk / Network Support Tech. School District 73 (250) 377-HELP [377-4357] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
