On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, linda hanigan wrote:
> I think the hub is shutting down the port after a long period of
> inactivity.
Linda,
Isn't this interesting! Ever since I upgraded our small network (3
workstations; 2 portables) to RH 6.1, I've experienced the same problem on
one workstation: it will silently become catatonic overnight on an
unpredictable schedule.
It used to be every 2-3 nights. Then it went almost an entire week without
locking. Yesterday morning it was gone again, about 10 days since the last
event. I never thought of the hub; I assumed there was a problem with nfs --
particularly knfsd -- that caused the problem. I have not checked the hub.
I don't have a solution to your problem. If you learn of one, I'd like to
read about it. But, you've made me think of an experiment to try. I'm going
to develop a shell script which will exercise the network connection to that
workstation via a cron job that runs, say, every 12 hours. It could be as
simple as listing the contents for a couple of nfs-mounted directories on
that box.
Do you think that bits are collecting like dust in that hub port and
blocking the life flow to that host?
Rich
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM)
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