On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 08:59:41AM -0500, Alvin Smith wrote: > My system: > > Dell Inspiron 8000 > Belkin Wireless Notebook Network Card F5D6020 VER. 2 > Debian Sid > > When I first boot, or when I first insert the PCMCIA network card into the > computer, networking works just fine. But after a period of non-use, I can > no longer ping the gateway. If I restart the network, or if I re-insert the > card, networking works again. > > What could be causing this? A wild guess would be your pcmcia card going into a power-saving mode. What card do you have? (cardctl ident). Anything in /var/log/syslog or /var/log/kern during the timeframe? j. -- ______________________________________________________________________________ "We did a risk management review. We concluded that there was no risk of any management." -- Dilbert :wq
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