On 03/16/2012 04:03 PM, Devin Reade wrote: > --On Friday, March 16, 2012 07:41:18 PM +0000 Ken Smith <k...@kensnet.org> > wrote: > >> Hi all, I swapped a Realtek 8139 100M Net Card for a Realtek 8169 Gig >> Net card in a Centos 5.6 system. > > Although the 100M versions were passable, I found the GB versions > to be so flakey to be not worth it; I ripped them out and replaced > them with Intel cards, which have been solid. > > In my case, I found that under load they would just "go away" ... > become unresponsive and need a power cycle to clear them. (It > didn't appear to be an autoneg issue.) > > In some cases, they didn't get recognised at boot, either, whereas > a subsequent reboot *might* make them come back. > > Devin
I've seen the same behavious. Realtek cards are no longer an option for my builds. I would second Devin and suggest saving yourself a lot of headaches... Replace with an Intel NIC. The difference in performance and reliability is staggering. -- Alteeve's Niche! Madison Kelly 647-501-5200 Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.com _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
