I use a similar NIC @work (on a board with VIA chipset) and sometimes get "resetting eth0" messages. During this, the machine is not reachable. After 3 to 4 of these messages it works again and even with normal speed and normal CPU usage.
Do you have the possibility to change the network cards ? After googling for < linux vortex 3c905b > i saw that many people had problems with this card. Perhaps the driver is faulty or it does not work with your chipset.
Josh Corbalis wrote:
What problems did you have with the Highpoint Cards? We are using ABIT motherboards with the Highpoint controller on board. We are running IDE RAID using those. There are about 4000 users on the server and the bandwidth is a T1. For network adapter we use 3com 905b.
