Re: Occasional hangups with forcedeth

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:56:54 +0100, Klaus Pieper wrote:

> using
> 
> 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Ethernet (rev b1)
> 
> I have occasional (i.e. occuring about every 6 weeks) hangups of this
> device.
> Ping to and from the machine does work, but loss is over 70%.
> 
> Any hints or workarounds?

(...)

Does "ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0" restore the connectivity?

If you are running lenny, I would try with an updated updated kernel (if 
this can be an option at your side) :-?

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón