[KLUG Members] Odd eth problems.

[Adam Williams]

>My eth keeps dying.  I'm not sure if it's my kernel, NIC, hubs, or WHAT.  
>Here's what happens:
>Doing normal stuff:  listening to mp3s, getting mail, ssh, whatever.  
>Suddenly, all network stuff dies.  I have to :
>ifconfig eth0 down
>ifconfig eth0 up
>route add default gw x.x.x.x
>This will restore network for a while. The more traffic I send, the faster 
>it goes. This has happened before--  but it stopped, and I haven't had a 
>problem in what-- 9 days?  I have no idea what's going on.  I've been 
>switching hugs left and right to see what the problem is, but I can't seem 
>to find a *good* reason.  It does this both in my 'stock' RH kernel and 
>with my own custonm built one.
>I dont' get kernel errors.  It just stops.  Period.

Nothing in dmesg?  Maybe lost IRQs?  Is the card seated all the way?

DO you see errors on the output of ifconfig when the interface is
"stuck"?

After that,  I'd really suspect the card is just fried.  Especially if
your box runs all the time or has poor ventilation.

>Well, I shoudl send this before I lose connectivity again.