On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 02:20:59AM +1100, Daniel Knights wrote: > I have added 3 Debian boxes to my network and they all seem OK, till I > noticed that when changing some of the cat5 cables around, that the 3 > debian boxes eth0 does not start passing data again when cat 5 is replaced, > the cables were only removed for a minute or less. I did not notice > straight off as when I replace the cable all looks fine as the hub lights > up, but a few minutes later bigbrother is telling me that all three debian > boxes are down. I did an "ifconfig eth0 up" and still no good, but an > "ifcongif down" and then "up" brings them back online again. There were > no errors recorded in log files. > > This only happens to the debian boxes as the redhat and the SuSe linux > servers are not bothered by having the network cables missing for a minute > or two. Any advice on what might be causing this would be appreciated.
Do the servers all have the same type of network-cards? I have a 3Com 3c900 Combo and it seems this card doesn't react anymore after some time. An ifdown+ifup brings it back again. Phil