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shitan
03-10-2008, 07:08 PM
Hey,

I am getting frustrated by my lan problems, so I'd be willing to hear whatever crazy solutions you guys have.

I have a A8N32-Sli deluxe, with 2 lan ports, one which is Marvell Yukon, and the other nforce.

The marvell yukon works, but is incredibly slow and has uber large number of packet drops - it's a weird problem, but I am not the only one having them (even some legit iMac users have had these problems since leo came out)
The *fucking* nforce randomly freezes the computer - it's much better since 10.5.2, but not perfect.
I also happen to have a WUSBG54G(rev 4) - ie. a linksys usb wireless device, somehow supposed to be supported by 10.5.2, but not.

In other words: I am getting crazy? Should i just get a fucking new network card (though I find it ridiculous that I am not able to make work one of the 3 internet devices i have...)

Ianxxx
03-10-2008, 07:27 PM
Thats what I ended up doing, bought a realtek 8169 from ebay, advertised as supporting osx.
Not had a problem since £7 most I've ever paid for a lan card but worth every penny

monsieurd
03-10-2008, 07:29 PM
If you're in Europe, you can buy a generic Realtek 8139 from Pixmania for less than 4 euros. It works (I bought one)...

bhast2
03-13-2008, 09:33 AM
i bought a belkin 5000 version 2
it is supported by mac
it cost 27 dollars got it at my local radio shack
bhast2

WinLinMac01
03-13-2008, 03:14 PM
Just go buy a Realtek as I have suggested to others. Interestingly I had 4 spare dedicated Realtek ethernet cards, and was all four worked on the same system. =) Worth it very much!

smileyme
03-13-2008, 10:39 PM
my onboard is realtek, but doesn't work.

anyone know what I need to get it working?

Rick :)

WinLinMac01
03-13-2008, 11:31 PM
try a dedicated realtek ethernet adapter

smileyme:my onboard is realtek, but doesn't work.

anyone know what I need to get it working?

Rick :)

naquaada
03-14-2008, 10:27 PM
Marvell Yukon and nForce are working without problems with internet, but on networking nForce crashes at large files. Marvell does this, but needs about 25 min for an 8,5 GB-Image.