[SLUG] Ethernet dropouts..

[George Vieira <georgev@nospam.citadelcomputer.com.au>]

> Hi all,
> 
> (I never get bored with these damn problems..)
> 
> I have 3 Ethernet cards in my Linux server which are all Realtek 8029
> cards. I don't know if these cards have problems under linux or not but
> I'm starting to wonder.
> 
> eth0 goes to my local LAN.
> eth1 goes to our clients upstairs.
> eth2 goes to the Internet via a router.
> 
> Occasionally (and lately it's been frequent) I have users who tell me
> their X sessions have dropped out but no other users were effected and
> effects just 1 user at a time.
> Lately it's been happening about 2 or more users in one hit who lose all
> their sessions at the same time including straight telnet sessions.
> 
> We are (unfortuanately) still running 10Base2 to the users and 10BaseT for
> the servers and myself. Now even my machine has started to lose sessions
> too and previously never did. Is there a way to find out how and why these
> sessions are dropped? Is it just a matter of eliminate a possible cause
> one at a time and probably start at the ethernet card?
> 
> Any ideas on what I could do to try and determine what's going on?
> 
> 
> 
> thanks,
> George Vieira
> Network Administrator
> Citadel Computer Systems P/L
> http://www.citadelcomputer.com.au
> 
> 
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