Problem with quad-port GbE NIC based on Realtek RTL8111G
Hi
In order to explain my problem more easily, let me list here the xpen machines I use for reference:
machineA (shutdown issue reported here)
DS3617xs 1.03b
MB : ga-z68ap-d3 rev2.0 (onboard NIC is dead and disabled in BIOS)
CPU : i5 3470
RAM : 2x 2GB DDR3 1066MHz
NIC : GbE AIC based on Broadcom BCM95722A2202G
sATA : 5ports sATA3 AIC based on jmb585 (2 disks on MB sATA3 ports, 5 disks on AIC)
machineB (instability issue reported h
A few comments:
There are two times when network connectivity matters - first, on the initial boot for the install, and second, when DSM finally boots after install. Just because it works for install doesn't mean it will work when the DSM flavor of Linux is initialized.
If DSM boots post-install and you observe connectivity, it isn't "lost" due to instability unless you have a NIC hardware failure, which is incredibly unlikely.
System instability is not a typical