LAN/NIC problem

[MarkHaysHarris777]

a friend of mine also has a pine64.  said he never had a problem with Gigabt.  I asked him how long the cable was, and he said about 6 inches.   I don't have a cable that short on hand.  if I get a chance I'll make one and see what that does.  I also asked him to try a longer cable to see what t does to his.

We know the shorter the better. 

That's wrong. ...  But it's known that cable length does NOT matter.

Look above, do you see how you could improve your communication ( with just eleven words ) ;  all your wordy gobbiltygook confuses the issues, and does not help.

Not to mention that, you are technically incorrect, and your assessment has not taken into account that several of the people on this forum have already empirically demonstrated ( myself included ) that shorter cable lengths improve the situation with this problem with margin boards--- mostly because this is a marginal hardware problem on some boards, and some boards are worse (or better) than others. 

You are apparently not aware of cross-talk.  I suggest you read up on it, because it dramatically affects this particular hardware problem. You must STOP contradicting the technical leaders of this forum; you often ( seems ) to deliberately confuse issues with your long-winded hype.