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> The bug you're referring is [0], which I also added some feedback. Possibly not, unless I'm misunderstanding. The bug was seen in a Realtek card in 2011-ish.

• bayindirh 6y ago
  Oh, then Intel actually caught-up with Realtek and broke their cards the same way for some time then. :) Realtek's 8139's first revisions was not able to perform well in most cases (~30mbit max speed, unrealiable). 8169 is much much better. Their new wireless cards also work very well if the driver is good, but they have so many sub-models with very different feature sets, so you need to get the exact chip for your needs. I use a 8111 (PCIe, Gigabit) at office for desktop to laptop bridge and it works fairly well, no stability or speed problems for now.
  • Zancarius 6y ago
    > Oh, then Intel actually caught-up with Realtek and broke their cards the same way for some time then. :) Hadn't thought about it that way, but that's hilarious. Realtek's such a trend-setter. > 8169 is much much better. Just checked, and apparently that was the card in the machine I had issues with. I think part of the problem is that it was new at the time. So, I can't really fault the drivers per se. I never had any issues with it after they were fixed.