Hi Terry,
Thanks for the reply.
I believe I have tried ifconfig down/up and it didn't help - but I'll try
it again just to be sure.
The real problem is that if the switch/hubs that its talking to get reset
or temporarily power down the interfaces on the linux box don't come back.
;( The interfaces are still there, but every packet results in a TX error.
Cheers,
Marty
On Sunday, December 10, 2000 10:13 AM, Terry Collins
[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> Marty Richards wrote:
>
> > But there is an interesting problem. If I unplug the network cable from
any
> > of the NICs, for a whole 2 seconds or so, and then reconnect the cable
that
> > interface drops off the network and doesn't come back.
>
> What exactly are you testing?
> Have you tried an ifconfig ethX down/up ?
>
> As far as I know, any network disconnection is liable to render the NIC
> out of the system until reboot on any system. Just because I've been
> doing similar things (repatching,etc) for years and getting away with
> it, doesn't mean it works on every system like that. Your "problem"
> sounds like a normal reaction to network dropout.
>
>
>
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