> 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 hilario

> 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.