On Sat, May 04, 2013 at 06:11:21PM +1000, Bill Maidment wrote:
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> GA-970A-D3 motherboard ...
> SL 6.4 64 bit ...
> Realtek RTL8168/8111 ethernet ...
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I have seen problems with Realtek GigE ethernet, too. Under some loads
it would just stop. (revivable by "ifconfig down"/"ifconfig up").
Switching to ELREPO realtek drivers fixed this problem. YMMV.
"Konstantin recommends ASUS motherboards with Intel GigE ethernet"
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