Hello
I am looking to build a small home NAS/webserver and I have now (almost) settled on Tranquil PC BBS2. I did some digging and apparently this system is based on an Intel D945GCLF2 motherboard with a Realtek 8111C NIC. Some more digging showed that some people have in the past experinced some serious problems with this NIC under FreeBSD and Linux. For some, it seems BIOS updates have helped solve these issues. Is there anyone here with recent first-hand knowledge of these issues and whether I can now count on this NIC working well under FreeBSD and Linux?
Also: see this FreeBSD PR.
I am looking to build a small home NAS/webserver and I have now (almost) settled on Tranquil PC BBS2. I did some digging and apparently this system is based on an Intel D945GCLF2 motherboard with a Realtek 8111C NIC. Some more digging showed that some people have in the past experinced some serious problems with this NIC under FreeBSD and Linux. For some, it seems BIOS updates have helped solve these issues. Is there anyone here with recent first-hand knowledge of these issues and whether I can now count on this NIC working well under FreeBSD and Linux?
Also: see this FreeBSD PR.