[ale] Centos 6 system on HP Pavillion - NIC chip appears to be going south - options?

[Michael Trausch]

Check your available modules and use a chip which can be driven. Realtek chips are relatively safe as they use the same ones for a long long time. 

A diagnostic for you: does removal and reinsertion of module work? That'd be able to eliminate many aspects (but not all) of software causes. I don't believe it's possible to do a power cycle from software on the PCI-e bus, or if suggest that as an interim solution. If you bounce the chip as soon as malfunction is detected most tcp sessions will survive it. 

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> On Sep 13, 2015, at 5:02 PM, Neal Rhodes <neal at mnopltd.com> wrote:
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> Any recommendations for an inexpensive no-drama PCI x1 card that works out of the box with Centos 6?