> As to testing ... the easiest way is, as you already realize, to swap in a > new NIC and see if that makes the problem go away. As someone else already > pointed out, this is a cheap enough solution (at least here in the USA) > that it should at least be considered. If you can't replace the NIC for > cost reasons, you should at least try moving it to a different slot, and > perhaps cleaning the cardedge (ideally, with a proper solvent; in a pinch, > with a pencil eraser, though this is a risky strategy for long-term > maintenance). I would guess that all the errors you found in your logs are > related to cardedge problems (assuming the device they refer to is the > NIC).
Here in Australia it would cost 30-50 dollars $50 for a decent one). > The alternative is to try a different system "stress test", this time one > that does NOT involve networking, and see if the problem occurs or goes > away. Without the details of your system, I can't be sure what will stress > test its non-networking components. But the usual other one I run is a > large compile -- say a custom kernel. 4 kernel recompiles one after the other, no problems > Finally, you might try running a diagnostic progrem for the NIC. I don't > recall what type of NIC it is (or even if you reported that in a prior > message ... I've seen about a half dozen different NIC-related threads in > the last day, and my memory just isn't good enough to retain the details of > each), but most manufacturers supply DOS-based NIC configuration and > testing programs. For awhile, Don Becker was releasing Linux config/test > programs for some NICs, and you might see if he covered yours. (Use the > usual search engines to track this down.) vortex-diag doesn't detect problems, but is there anything I can glean from all the information it can tell me (it can sure spit out alot). - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
