Hello All,

This is my first post to this forum. I have installed redhat 7.2 with digi-link RSET8139 network card. Now the problem I am facing is the network card works fine for some time. But when I try to access any Network service the network card stops responding. The restart of Network deamon or re-booting the machine brings the NIC Up. I checked if there r any IRQ conflicts. but i don't.


Thank You,

Tinaa

Does it happen also when you try to ping any machine?

yes sometimes. Whenver I try to access aby network related service it stops responding.

Could you show it? I mean, ping any server and copy the ping results (with the effect you have).

When I ping from that machine is replies "Destination Host Unreachable".

I have even checked the cable. How do I check if my networkcard is configured with full duplex or half duplex speed?

I also see a warning

warning: time of day goes back, taking countermeasures.

Is your card properly configured? Could you send results of 2 commands:'ifconfig' and 'route' (run them as root)?

[root@pacific myadmin]# /sbin/ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:A1:3E:67:9E
inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1018 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:928 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:255475 (249.4 Kb) TX bytes:138469 (135.2 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x6000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:255 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:255 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:16761 (16.3 Kb) TX bytes:16761 (16.3 Kb)


[root@pacific myadmin]# /sbin/route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

What is 192.168.1.1. Is it your gateway? If it is, everything looks correctly.

yes Its my Gateway. If its correct what else should i check?

Still no success

Regards,

Could you send 'ifconfig' after you have "Destination Host Unreachable" (without restarting network service). I'm really close to say it's broken NIC...

Hello,

Thanks for replying
The output of ifconfig after "Destination Host Unreachable"

##############Ouput################
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:A1:3E:67:9E
inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:5364 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:3
TX packets:6571 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:35 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:506526 (494.6 Kb) TX bytes:1623249 (1.5 Mb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x6000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:1472 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1472 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:164290 (160.4 Kb) TX bytes:164290 (160.4 Kb)

##################END##################

Thanks in Advanced,

Regards,

It seems it's rather something with the NIC, there's 'errors:1' in the second listing. Do you have a second card to use and see if there's the same problem?

Hello,
Thank you,

Will give it a Shot and Notify u for the same.

Regards,

Hey Tina - Any luck getting this working?

I'm having the same problem on my new compaq server, running linux 7.2.

I'm going to try and upgrade to v9 today and see if it solves my problem.

Basically, the network is up for a while, until someone tries to access it from outside the box.... Very strange.


Steve