It has to do with multicast packets. eepro100 driver is unstable when
using the hardware multicast address filter on the card, so you must
disable (most of) the filter with:
options eepro100 multicast_filter_limit=3
in /etc/conf.modules (if your driver is built as a module). If that
still doesn't work, make the limit 0. If you STILL see the same
problem, perhaps you're speaking of a multiprocessor machine and you
should switch the card entirely.
This is a FAQ, and will show up in the list archives every two weeks
at a minimum. The problem has always been there, and regardless of
comments in the driver source to the contrary, no fix for it has been
effective.
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