I don't believe this is a kernel problem as I have several of these cards working just fine. I even have a few dual port Pro 1000 cards and a single Quad port card that appear to be working just fine at 1000Mb. I did have a few have problems at 100Mb but I fixed that by setting my switch port to 100Mb FULL instead of auto-sensing. What kind of switch are you using? I am wondering if this is a issue with some cheaper switches. But I do have a few cheap Netgear switches I have no problems with as well.
Brad Dameron SeaTab Software www.seatab.com
Switch types: Cisco switches (odd assortment... 6506's and 2950's mainly) Cheap ass DLink and Linksys $50 specials
I know Cisco switches and Intel Pro 1000's had problems at gigabit speeds a while back, before Intel released a patch. That's about all I've heard of for Cisco - Intel Pro 1000 problems. Anyone heard of other problems ? And yes I've tried forcing the Cisco switches to 100 Full.
Darren ======================================= D. Lissimore Industrial Cyber-security http://www.bcit.ca/appliedresearch/security/ =======================================
Just took delivery of a Netgear GS716T and 4 GS605's and they are working great with the Intel Pro 1000 NICs I have. Thanks for all the help. -Ken -- Ken Siersma, Software Engineer EKK, Inc. phone: (248) 624-9957 fax: (248) 624-7158 http://www.ekkinc.com -- "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -MLK Jr.