On 26/02/06, Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pol Hallen wrote: > > Hi all :-) > > > > I have a fbsd 5.4 > > today while copy a lot files (several Gb) the network saturation...and > don't > > responding of ping :-( > > > > in dmesg i see: > > > > rl0 discard oversize frame (ether type 4a82 flags 3 len 38118 > 1514 > [ ... ] > > where is the problem? > > With the rl0 hardware, probably. Realtek NICs aren't very good, and I've > seen > similar reports from other people which were resolved by getting a dc0 or > fxp0 > NIC instead. > > > this is my main server.. and indispensable 4 my work! > > > > sorry 4 my bad english...and thanks! > > Your english is OK... > > -- > -Chuck > _______________________________________________
I wonder if anyone has the time to rewrite the realtek driver because whenever anyone posts about rl0 the advice is always ditch the card, I agree that realtek's are the reliant robin class of lan cards but the problems people see do not happen on other operating systems with the same hardware, eg. I have never seen that mtu problem on debian or windows but I have had it myself on freebsd, I also get poor realtek performance but when I tried linux with the same hardware it was normal. Datacentre's far too often will supply a realtek card with the machine so its not always possible or affordable to simply ditch for a new brand. If someone does have the time to look at the driver it would be great and I would be available for testing as I use realtek cards at home for my lan. Chris _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"