Re: Network card failing (FC3) --Fixed--

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On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 08:57 -0700, Daniel Vogel wrote:
> >From: Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Re: Network card failing (FC3)
> >Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 08:51:58 +0100
> >
> >On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 00:33 -0700, Daniel Vogel wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >Subject: Re: Network card failing (FC3)
> > > >Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 07:34:39 +0100
> > > >
> > > >On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 22:16 -0700, Daniel Vogel wrote:
> > > > > 2.6.11-1.35_FC3smp
> > > > >
> > > > > After a long installation, we set up a server on wich we
> installed
> > > a
> > > > > sw; one of the netword card starts getting disabled by it
> self.
> > > > >
> > > > > We think that it may be because the dhcpd.conf may be causing
> > > that,
> > > > > but even turning service off it still doesn't work.
> > > > >
> > > > > We tryed the card outside and it works, so isn't a hardware
> > > failure,
> > > > > and each time we set up the configuration for it, it only
> survive
> > > a
> > > > > few seconds and keeps failing.
> > > > >
> > > > > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:88:2D:DB:47
> > > > > UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > > > > RX packets:21293 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > > > > TX packets:1373 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > > > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> > > > > RX bytes:1750818 (1.6 MiB) TX bytes:196495 (191.8 KiB)
> > > > > Interrupt:169 Base address:0x2400
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ...no ip assigned, even after we did it....
> > > > >
> > > > > Aug 11 01:16:27 dhcp-mpt dhcpd: receive_packet failed on eth0:
> > > Network
> > > > > is down
> > > > > Aug 11 01:16:27 dhcp-mpt NetworkManager: SWITCH: old device no
> > > > > longer good, but no better device was available
> > > >
> > > >Why are you running NetworkManager on a server? First thing I'd
> try
> > > is
> > > >getting rid of that since it's aimed at laptops, where the
> network
> > > >environment changes from time to time. It may be NetworkManager
> that
> > > is
> > > >actually causing problems.
> > > >
> > > >Paul.
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >Paul Howarth paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > The machine is supposed to work as an dhcp, with the program that
> is
> > > loaded on it, it doesn't matters the networkmanager then? or it's
> used
> > > by the dhcp? i still have to get ride of it?
> >
> >dhclient can handle getting an IP address for you.
> >
> >You don't *have* to get rid of Networkmanager but I suspect it may be
> >the cause of the problem you're having; trying to get things working
> >without it would seem to be a good way of testing that theory.
> >
> >Paul.
> >
> 
> 
> Well, shuting down Networkmanager makes the configuration to get
> reset, (so be careful to be close to the machine if that's your case),
> then it got configured using the dhcpd.conf information. 
> 
> After re-setting the conf on both cards they work properly, so now the
> system is working fine.
> 
> Thanks Paul.

Hope the 400km trip wasn't too bad ;-)

Paul.

-- 
Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


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