The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoYou've been formally invited to laugh at me troubleshooting my first issue in Linux. media.piefed.worldexternal-linkmessage-square135fedilinkarrow-up1824arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1818arrow-down1external-linkYou've been formally invited to laugh at me troubleshooting my first issue in Linux. media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square135fedilinkfile-text
The weird thing is that it seems to be working? Either I misdiagnosed the problem, or maybe my old one was just broken.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·16 days agoRealtek is just ass in general. I avoid them like the plague. They’re OK in windows, but I have never had a good experience with them on Linux.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-216 days agoIt sounds like you’re not alone, and it’s what I was trying to do too! I just didn’t pay close enough attention to the specs on my new adapter, lol Lesson learned.
minus-squareWhiteOakBayou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·16 days agoDid the new adapter have the same problems? I know you said it read as the same.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 days agoSo far… nope. I need to test it some more, but I’m just waiting for it to start happening again.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days agoEspecially wired Ask me how I know
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days agoRealtek cards are trash on BSD too.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoFreeNAS was my first experience with that… After dealing with that for a month I swore I’ll never buy a nother PC with a realtek nic. I think I spent like $50-100 more on my latest mobo in order to get Intel + Marvell instead of Realtek.
Realtek is just ass in general. I avoid them like the plague.
They’re OK in windows, but I have never had a good experience with them on Linux.
It sounds like you’re not alone, and it’s what I was trying to do too! I just didn’t pay close enough attention to the specs on my new adapter, lol
Lesson learned.
Did the new adapter have the same problems? I know you said it read as the same.
So far… nope. I need to test it some more, but I’m just waiting for it to start happening again.
Especially wired
Ask me how I know
Asus motherboard?
Realtek cards are trash on BSD too.
FreeNAS was my first experience with that…
After dealing with that for a month I swore I’ll never buy a nother PC with a realtek nic. I think I spent like $50-100 more on my latest mobo in order to get Intel + Marvell instead of Realtek.