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No driver from RealTek or Microsoft that I have installed manually through the Device Manager has failed. I'd love to be able to narrow this down to a specific driver, but I can't. Looks like it's a Windows install bug of some kind. The same drivers fail when automatically installed--or lose the Gateway regularly when installed with the Troubleshooter--but don't do either when manually installed through the Device Manager--and stay up permanently.
I'm using 10.39.212.2020 RealTek now, which is an old driver, but as I mentioned--doesn't matter what driver I choose the outcome is the same--they do not stay up unless manually installed through the DM. I have no idea why...this seems a fairly widespread problem. I'm glad you don't have it with your 2.5GB NIC!