I've got two boxes, both which uses the forcedeth-driver as the driver
for the network cards. I've got the same problem on both boxes. I've
tried various kernels, the latest kernel on my amd64-box is 2.6.22-7
from gutsy (ubuntu).
The problem is as follows:
Once the interface is up, it seems to
I've got an DVB-C-box called Dreambox DM500-C and it uses the
AX88796-chip for networking. They (Dream Multimedia, makers of the
Dreambox) has patched the NE2000-drivers in the kernel (ne.c), but only to
get it working. As a result it doesn't seem to be performing more than
20-30 Mbps.
I found a