Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-21 Thread Chuck Munro
> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:54:33 -0700 > From: John R Pierce > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card > To:centos@centos.org > Message-ID:<4fe20e59.20...@hogranch.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 06/20/12 8:44 AM, Gregory

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: > On 06/20/12 12:21 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >> I am being persuaded that you are right. I'll have to look at the >> mother board to answer Dale's question; the machine and the nic card >> came from Fry's. I have had pretty good luck with Fry's in the past, >> but this has

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread John R Pierce
On 06/20/12 12:21 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > I am being persuaded that you are right. I'll have to look at the > mother board to answer Dale's question; the machine and the nic card > came from Fry's. I have had pretty good luck with Fry's in the past, > but this has turned out to be a real pa

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
On 06/20/12 11:17 AM, Dale Dellutri wrote: > Or it could mean that the PCI-e slots are not providing enough power > for this card, or the slots are specialized to run only certain types of > cards. What motherboard does the OP have? more likely, it means once again Fry's is selling junk that belo

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread John R Pierce
On 06/20/12 11:17 AM, Dale Dellutri wrote: > Or it could mean that the PCI-e slots are not providing enough power > for this card, or the slots are specialized to run only certain types of > cards. What motherboard does the OP have? more likely, it means once again Fry's is selling junk that belo

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread Dale Dellutri
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Chris Beattie wrote: > On 6/20/2012 9:34 AM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >> >> I have been chasing a problem with a pci-e TrendNet(TEG-ECTX) gigabit >> card.  After adding the card to a machine with a new Centos 6.2 install >> and naming it 'eth4' it works well for 6

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread John R Pierce
On 06/20/12 8:44 AM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev ff) pure unmitigated junk. -- john r pierceN 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread Bob Hoffman
On 6/20/2012 11:09 AM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > That's interesting. Here are the log entries for the previous card as > well as the eth4 that is currently installed. > > # PCI device 0x10ec:0x8168 (r8169) > SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", > ATTR{address}=="00:e0:b3:10:f6:81", ATT

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread Chris Beattie
On 6/20/2012 9:34 AM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > > I have been chasing a problem with a pci-e TrendNet(TEG-ECTX) gigabit > card. After adding the card to a machine with a new Centos 6.2 install > and naming it 'eth4' it works well for 6 to 12 hours and then fails. Try moving the network card to a

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
On 6/20/2012 11:13 AM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >> Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >> >>> I have been chasing a problem with a pci-e TrendNet(TEG-ECTX) gigabit >>> card. After adding the card to a machine with a new Centos 6.2 install >>> and naming it 'eth4' it works well for 6 to 12 hours and then fails

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >> Some additional information that may be useful. The TrendNet card is the second TrendNet card I have used. The first card had the same symptoms, and I deduced the card was bad, and purchased another one. The symptoms are th

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread John Hinton
On 6/20/2012 11:13 AM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >> Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >> >>> I have been chasing a problem with a pci-e TrendNet(TEG-ECTX) gigabit >>> card. After adding the card to a machine with a new Centos 6.2 install >>> and naming it 'eth4' it works well for 6 to 12 hours and then fails

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread m . roth
Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >> Some additional information that may be useful. The TrendNet card is the second TrendNet card I have used. The first card had the same symptoms, and I deduced the card was bad, and purchased another one. The symptoms are th

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > >>> Some additional information that may be useful. The TrendNet card is >>> the second TrendNet card I have used. The first card had the same >>> symptoms, and I deduced the card was bad, and purchased another one. >>> The symptoms are the same with the second card. >>

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread m . roth
Greg, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > >>> Some additional information that may be useful. The TrendNet card is >>> the second TrendNet card I have used. The first card had the same >>> symptoms, and I deduced the card was bad, and purchased another one. >>> The symptoms are the same with the second c

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
> Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > >> I have been chasing a problem with a pci-e TrendNet(TEG-ECTX) gigabit >> card. After adding the card to a machine with a new Centos 6.2 install >> and naming it 'eth4' it works well for 6 to 12 hours and then fails. >> The failure is characterized by dropping its co

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
>> Some additional information that may be useful. The TrendNet card is >> the second TrendNet card I have used. The first card had the same >> symptoms, and I deduced the card was bad, and purchased another one. The >> symptoms are the same with the second card. > > Several questions: do you h

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread m . roth
John Hinton wrote: > On 6/20/2012 10:27 AM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >> Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >> >>> I have been chasing a problem with a pci-e TrendNet(TEG-ECTX) gigabit >>> card. After adding the card to a machine with a new Centos 6.2 install > If you are having to fully 'cold boot' the syst

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread m . roth
Greg, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >> Some additional information that may be useful. The TrendNet card is >> the second TrendNet card I have used. The first card had the same >> symptoms, and I deduced the card was bad, and purchased another one. The >> symptoms are the sa

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread John Hinton
On 6/20/2012 10:27 AM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > >> I have been chasing a problem with a pci-e TrendNet(TEG-ECTX) gigabit >> card. After adding the card to a machine with a new Centos 6.2 install >> and naming it 'eth4' it works well for 6 to 12 hours and then fails. >>

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > I have been chasing a problem with a pci-e TrendNet(TEG-ECTX) gigabit > card. After adding the card to a machine with a new Centos 6.2 install > and naming it 'eth4' it works well for 6 to 12 hours and then fails. > The failure is characterized by dropping its connection

Re: [CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread m . roth
Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > I have been chasing a problem with a pci-e TrendNet(TEG-ECTX) gigabit > card. After adding the card to a machine with a new Centos 6.2 install > and naming it 'eth4' it works well for 6 to 12 hours and then fails. > The failure is characterized by dropping its connection

[CentOS] Failing Network card

2012-06-20 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
Everyone, Most of the time I am over my head in trying to troubleshoot problems. However, after reading manuals, man pages, and getting advice from this list I have been able to work my way through difficulties, and at the end, I usually have a better understanding of what 'is going on'. I can on