On Fri, 17 Aug 2012, Tim Nelson wrote:
*snip*
"Gross", as in:
-High latency -Poor throughput -Random link connects/disconnects -Random traffic slowdowns
In general, they fit the bill for 'ease of installation', but miss the mark on everything else a NIC should be.
Maybe I got a bad batch, but I've tried 4 or 5 different models, all the same results.
As a test case, have you tried booting from a recent Live CD version of Linux, like Parted Magic:
http://partedmagic.com/doku.php?id=screenshots
It's also included on the UBCD:
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/index.html
If you can get this onboard NIC working OK from Parted Magic, then at least you know it's not the NIC hardware.
You might find the hardware identification routines in the Parted Magic distro can give you some helpful pointers too.
HTH
Keith
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