> -----Original Message----- > From: Palmer J.D.F. [mailto:J.D.F.Palmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > That all said, I have about 10 DL360/DL380s doing various > things, and a > couple of Dell laptops with the Broadcom 57** gigabit NICS in > them and it > isn't good news on all of them. > We have had issues with poor linux drivers which an upgrade > fixed, and have My Dell D600 has that exact same chip and it's cost me having to replace the motherboard a record 6 times. (same laptop) Issues ranges from : 1. intermittent network connectivity dying 2. Connection Counters Reset after > 3G traffic (cat * a mounted shared directory to /dev/null) 3. System Hangs. Pile Of Dung? Maybe. Bad Luck? High POssibility. Dell gone crappy over the years. Very Likely.
