Re: [tlug] network losing connection

[Matt Gross <mgrossjp@??>]

On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 17:41 +0100, Sigurd Urdahl wrote:
> Matt Gross wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 09:49 +0100, Sigurd Urdahl wrote:
> >   
> >> Matt Gross wrote:
> >>     
> >>> On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 10:54 +0100, Sigurd Urdahl wrote: 
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> Matt Gross wrote:
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>>>> Hi Everyone,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I am having a lot of problems with my Fedora Core 6 server connection
> >>>>>           
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >> [..]
> >>     
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > Thank you all for the great info.  I am back with new developments:
> >
> > My laptop network card, which also has an internal gigabit ethernet card
> > and runs Fedora Core 6, stopped working as well.  I recently updated the
> > system with yum.  
> >
> >   
> [...]
> > So, this means my network card on my laptop works when I boot
> > from the F6 rescue cdrom.  _BUT_ after the install, the network card
> > would not work!  This is good.  More evidence pointing towards a recent
> > driver update perhaps?
> >
> > Back to my server which was the original problem, I connected a USB
> > network card to my server and it is working flawlessly (as long as I
> > don't complain about the slow speed ;).
> >
> > What do you think?  Does this sound like a driver problem to you? 
> >   
> Yes it sounds like a driver problem. It might be still be a problem with 
> Gbit vs 100mbit/FD, but that starts to sound unlikely.
> 
> A quick glance at the Fedora Bugzilla didn't give me any relevant hits, 
> but maybe there is something there. What you could do is testing either 
> an older FC kernel, or rolling one yourself to see if that removes the 
> problem. Also reporting the problem in the bugzilla or checking the FC 
> mailing lists could be a good idea.

I posted this problem to FedoraForum in case anyone is interested or
wants to follow the resolution:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=149419

> 
> kind regards,
> -sig
> 
> 
> -- 
> Sigurd Urdahl
> Linux, goofing, cooking, making fire, computer security, having a
> beer. Give me good music.
> 
>

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