See if manipulating the NIC parameters offers any clues; 10 vs 100 MHz, FD vs HD. (man mii-tool)
Regards, Mike Klinke On Thursday 29 May 2003 14:23, Louis Sabet wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to install RH9 on an old Compaq 5000 (twin P-Pro-166MHz, > and 256M RAM). > > I had some troubles with CD2 (presumably the old CDROM getting > stuck), but eventually managed to get it installed by choosing the > very minimum number of packages I could get away with. > > Now everything seems OK on the machine, but when I try to connect > over the network (to any service), I eventually get booted out, as > the connection drops. > > Ping reveals the host going up and down: > > 64 bytes from 192.168.1.40: icmp_seq=296 ttl=64 time=363 usec > 64 bytes from 192.168.1.40: icmp_seq=297 ttl=64 time=286 usec > 64 bytes from 192.168.1.40: icmp_seq=298 ttl=64 time=335 usec > 64 bytes from 192.168.1.40: icmp_seq=299 ttl=64 time=346 usec > From 192.168.1.40: Destination Host Unreachable > From 192.168.1.40: Destination Host Unreachable > From 192.168.1.40: Destination Host Unreachable > etc., etc... > > Logging in via ssh kicks you out after a couple of minutes as a > result of the above. The network card is the standard Compaq one that > came with it: > > ###################### dmesg ######################### > Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver - version 2.1.29-k2 > Copyright (c) 2002 Intel Corporation > > e100: selftest OK. > divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0 > e100: eth0: Compaq Fast Ethernet Server Adapter > Hardware receive checksums enabled > cpu cycle saver enabled > > ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team > e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full duplex > ################### end dmesg ######################## > > Need opinions - network card faulty? Driver problem? Where's the > first place I should look? There's nothing in /var/log/messages. I > want to avoid swapping the network card until I know I need to, as I > just managed to bolt it in the rack, and it's hardly the worlds > lightest server! > > Best Regards - and let me know if you need any more info. > > L -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
