Re: lost nic

[Greg Madden <gomadtroll@gci.net>]

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On Monday 16 February 2004 11:06 am, Marty Landman wrote:
> I've had woody on a p2-133 for several days now, working fine.
> Earlier today my xp workstation complained that a network cable got
> detached. Turns out my debian box can no longer connect with anything
> on my lan.
>
> ping localhost works, otherwise nothing comes in or goes out. the
> rest of my lan (4 other boxes running rh9, fbsd4.8, win xp & win98)
> is all ok.

Ping localhost doesn't use the nic, internal inerface. Ping something 
else on your net. Bring down the eth(x) interface, remove the module 
for the nic, modprobe the module and look for error messages.


> the nic is a netgear fa310tx.
>
> both lights are on on the nic with the cable plugged in. the light on
> the switch is also on. when I switched cables at the switch only, the
> symptoms remained the same; likewise when I swapped cables going into
> this box and a rh9 box next to it.
>
> So, am I left with having to go into the box to see if the nic needs
> reseating? Or is there anything more I can do from my desk?
>
> Marty Landman   Face 2 Interface Inc 845-679-9387
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Greg Madden
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