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3C503 quits responding to network
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gary Anderson)
Thu Apr 27 21:53:58 1995
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1995 20:52:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gary Anderson <ganderson@clark.net>
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul@rasty.anu.edu.au>
Trying to troubleshoot a recently set up a 386/33 with Linux, kernel
1.2.4 (and 1.2.6), along with Paul Gortmaker's NE2000/8390 patches against
1.2.6, using a 3C503 for the interface. Problem is, and has been, that
periodically the machine stops responding to the net. The machine itself
doesn't lock up, it just goes deaf and won't even respond to pings. However,
if we walk over to the console, do something on it _outbound_ to the net
(e.g. - ping another machine) it begins responding to the net again. Have
tried three different kernels, 1.2.1, 1.2.4, and now 1.2.6, as I said. The
temporary solution we've adopted is to have cron ping another machine every 5
minutes, but this is obviously a kludge. And even with a ping every 5
minutes, sometimes the machine will still stop responding, and we must wait
till the next ping for it to start responding again. One further bit of info
- the ifconfig stats show dropped packets after this happens.
Here is what shows up in the syslog:
Apr 27 13:21:31 garc kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, TX status 0x0, ISR 0x0.
Apr 27 13:21:31 garc kernel: eth0: Possible network cable problem?
Any pointers about where the problem is would be greatly appreciated.
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