I recall having a similar problem, though mine was with an Intel NIC instead. A kernel update to 2.6.x seemed to fix it. You might want to try a 2.6 kernel to see if that is the case with your NIC as well. If so, then perhaps the newest Realtek driver can be back ported to your 2.4.28 kernel.
You also might want to make sure your kernel is set to use direct access for PCI devices ( CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y ).
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 01:31:12 -0800 (PST) zhu shi song zhushisongzhu@yahoo.com wrote:
Now I'm testing my i845 based MB intensively. The box is running with linux 2.4.28, linuxbios v1 and my port supporting i845. I have met one problem. There is no packet on NIC after six hours rtl8139 hangup. I can't ping other machine from linux box and can't ping linux box from other machine either. I unplugged RJ45 from NIC and plugged it again. The rtl8139 returned to normal. Who know what cause the problem? Is it related with kernel, my linuxbios and i845 MB? tks zhu
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