[ale] network intermittently going down, HUH ?

Jim Lynch jwl at sgi.com
Mon Aug 25 11:57:31 EDT 2003


I'm running 2.4.18 and finding the same problem.  In my case
/etc/init.d/dhcpcd restart gets it running again.  For some reason the
dhcpcd daemon gives up the connection.

Jim.

Courtney Thomas wrote:
> 
> Running Debian 2.4.17, I find that from time to time my network needs to
> be restarted else I'm unable to communicate with the other machines on
> the lan.
> 
> The command being used is..........
>         networking restart
> 
> Also, afterwards, I often must also implement the following commands to
> achieve functionality:
> 
> ifconfig tunl0 down
> ifconfig tunl0 arp up
> ifconfig eth0 down
> ifconfig eth0 up
> route add default gw 'linuxbox'         ;linuxbox being the lan router
> 
> On the other hand, a Freebsd box I also run, often runs without
> interruption for months.
> 
> What's wrong and how do I cure it, please ?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> --
> Courtney
> s/v Mutiny
> lying Oriental, NC
> 
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