[Soekris] Ethernet Ports Locking Up

[sd@northcc.net]

Hi, 

I've got six or seven NET4521's that are experiencing intermittant lockups 
of the ethernet ports.  They will run fine for weeks on end and then just 
stop working.  A software reset will usually bring them back up. 

Several people have mentioned that this could be from a defective ethernet 
chip.  Has anyone else experienced this problem?  All of them are running 
short ethernet cables and the driver patch has been incorporated. 

Thanks, 

Steve