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  1. Bug #661294
  2. Comment #84

Comment 84 for bug 661294

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Adam Bolte (boltronics) wrote : Re: System lock-up when receiving large files over a Realtek NIC (big data amount) from NFS server

I just downloaded and installed the Realtek driver from here (r8168-8.023.00):
http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#2

Transferred a few GBs from my file server to test and had no crash - a record! It may be a bit premature, but I'm calling it fixed. So yes - I blame the r8168 module shipped in the distros.