[ale] eth1 silent - up in ifconfig, down on switch.

[Andrew Grimmke]

The cold reboot worked, thanks.


"James P. Kinney III" wrote:

> 
> Have you tried a cold reboot?
> 
> Sometimes, a 10-15 second loss of power will unlock a
> "stuck" chip.
> 
> On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 10:28, Andrew Grimmke wrote:
> > Hi ALE,
> > 
> > Last night, my second ethernet adapter stopped
> working.
> >  This appeared to happen after a total lock-up and
> > reboot (due to mozilla [old version, need to
upgrade])
> > as best I can narrow the time frame.
> > 
> > This was the on-board adapter on my motherboard (SIS
> > 900 chipset) and was connected to the internal
> network.
> >  ifconfig says the adapter is up; my 5 port  switch
> > says it isn't.  I have tried using different ports
on
> > the switch, switching out the cables, and restarting
> > network services.  no luck.
> > 
> > I am thinking that this is just a simple hardware
> > failure.  Concur?  Not sure if it is, in fact,
related
> > to the ugly reboot, and if so, why.
> > 
> > I will probably stop by Microcenter and see if they
> > still have $8 ethernet cards on my way home from
> work.  
> > 
> > Anyone experienced a similar problem?  Any other
> > suggestions of things to try before wasting a PCI
> slot?
> > 
> > Andrew Grimmke
> > Marietta, Georgia
> > 
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Andrew Grimmke
Marietta, Georgia

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