On Sun, Aug 24, 2003, Swapana Ghosh wrote: >Hi > > Few days we are having problem with one of >our clients's server(linux 7.1)... >Within last few days, we had to reboot the server >atleast 12 times... > ... > Now their engieers without rebooting the >server just did as follows: > >#ifconfig eth0 down >#ifconfig eth0 up >#route add default gw 216.240.145.1 > > Then the server started working....
What type of NIC are you using? Realtek, and many of those running the tulip drivers with non DEC chips can be really flakey. If you're looking for inexpensive, high quality NICs, the 3COM 3c905 series are often available for about $10US. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ A paranoid is a man who knows a little of what's going on. -- William S. Burroughs _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
