Re: Ethernet problem -- Network completely dies
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 09:17:14PM -0700, Zach Archer wrote:
> Hi. I just installed Debian Woody on my PowerPC 6500/225. After the
> initial shock, everything seems to be working and I've even set up
> SSH accounts for my friends, and am hosting a webserver... Just like
> a real system admin!!! Woo, Yay for me
>
> A little about the setup: I have DSL, connected to a D-Link router,
> and three machines connected to the router's LAN via their Ethernet
> ports.
>
> The problem: Sometimes, the PowerPC's LAN connection totally >dies<.
> This has happened a few times when I've transferred large files
> (mp3's) between my MacOS 9 machine, and the Debian machine -- at some
> point during the transfer, the transfer stops, and the Debian machine
> is then totally cut off from the network. (Can't ping, can't access
> the web, can't check mail, etc. Totally net-less, can't ping the
> router, can't do anything.) Today it happened when I remotely SSH'd
> onto the server and was reading a man page, when suddenly it hung.
>
> When the Debian network connection dies, the other computers
> connected to the router are not affected... They still have full net
> access.
>
> I can fix the problem by unplugging the PowerPC's ethernet cable and
> plugging it back in. I've tried swapping ethernet cables and also
> 'weighting' down the cable a bit to make sure the pins are solidly
> connected; no good.
Weighting is probably not the way to go. But it's quite likely
there could be some oxidation on the 6500's connector pins. This
might be helped by simply plugging and unplugging the cable, say
100 times, to rub through the oxidation layer.
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