Is it not possible to tell which chipset is being used by looking at that 
System/Resources/PCI ? 

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> From: "Justin Wilson" <li...@mtin.net>
> To: af@afmug.com
> Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2016 11:00:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik x86 and ROS 6.x problems on 100M Ethernet links

> Ask Brian from Baltic what chipset is in these? We had problems with the 
> earlier
> versions of these. It boils down to the intel chipset used. Had the same exact
> problem.

> Justin Wilson
> j...@mtin.net

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>> On Jan 1, 2016, at 2:32 PM, Kevin Radunz < gol...@genevaonline.com > wrote:
>> I think some weard problems started around 6.33. There are posts of
>> different topics about things like Winbox and VPN traffic not working but
>> traffic through the device was fine. Some thought MTU changes but I'm not
>> sure I saw concrete fixes. I know earlier versions don't do this.

>>> I recently upgraded one of those RouterMaxx 1106 routers from 5.2 to
>>> 6.33.1
>>> (I actually configured a new router and swapped hardware). Ever since, I
>>> have had performance problems with a couple ports that are connected to
>>> radios with 100M Ethernet ports. The most obvious symptom is that Winbox
>>> won't stay connected or can't download plugins, but I also see pings
>>> dropped
>>> even to the directly connected equipment.

>>> I was a bad boy making multiple changes at once, so I've been gradually
>>> walking them back in the lab on the original router, I upgraded it to
>>> 6.33.1
>>> and the problem appeared. I dropped back to 6.31 and it was still there,
>>> but when I dropped back to 5.26 everything was fine again. I haven't
>>> tried
>>> earlier 6.x versions yet, 6.31 is the oldest x86 version I have handy.
>>> This
>>> is not a radio problem, I can reproduce it with a directly connected
>>> laptop
>>> if I force the laptop NIC to 100M FDX.

>>> Is anyone familiar with this problem? I can't find anything on the
>>> Mikrotik
>>> forums. I guess I can live with 5.26 if I have to, but I'd like to know
>>> what is causing this. Do I just need to change some configuration
>>> parameter? I know 6.x brought out hardware only queues, but I think
>>> that's
>>> for Routerboards, not x86. Is there a problem with the Intel NIC drivers
>>> included with 6.x? Any chance that an earlier or later version of 6.x
>>> will
>>> work for me? I see nothing in the change logs about it.

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