Re: having problems with D-link DFE-580tx quad card on obsd 3.4 i386

[Adam <suck@my-balls.com>]

On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 11:27:32AM -0500, D.Pageau wrote:
> Two differents status on DFE-580TX (not working for Neal and working for 
> Carlos) .  I need a quad NIC and unfortunatly can't afford 400$+ Intel 
> quad.  Should I look for used DFE-570TX (Tulip) on ebay?

Yes.  The 580s have serious issues (under OpenBSD at least, never tried
them under anything else).  Even just doing ~6Mbps of traffic they will
choke and lose connectivity repeatedly while they increase the buffer
size over and over.  If you can find 570s they work great.

Adam