To: Grant Robertson [ale] network intermittently going down, HUH ?

[Courtney Thomas]

Thank you kindly.........
Courtney





F. Grant Robertson wrote:

> Wow, I haven't used one of those in forever. I don't have good memories
> of them. 
> 
> There are some things you can do, or at least, things I think I'd try if
> I were in your shoes...  Make sure the parallel port is set correctly in
> bios.. Not sure what was "required" for that. Obviously it need
> bi-directional support, but it seems like there are two bi directional
> standards.. ECP and EPP or something like that. 
> 
> Beyond that, good luck. You might want to look at how you could rethink
> what cards are in the system, so you could put in a real nic.  If you've
> got two scsi cards for example, could you combine them into one two
> channel card? Could you use a USB Ethernet card? 
> 
> Just some thoughts..
> -G
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 16:12, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> 
>>Grant,
>>
>>Thank you. I suspect you're right. My 'nic' is a parallel port de620 
>>which I need to use 'cause all my slots are tied up.
>>
>>Any experience with this 'card' ?
>>
>>Appreciatively,
>>Courtney
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>F. Grant Robertson wrote:
>>
>>
>>>FWIW, I've seen something simmilar two or three times, and it's been
>>>hardware every time.  Have you tried swapping nics? 
>>>
>>>-G
>>>
>>>
>>>On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 10:16, 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.
>>>>
>>>>
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Courtney
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