[plug] Fedora network issues

[Ben Jensz]

Ian Kent wrote:

>On Sun, 30 May 2004, Ben Jensz wrote:
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>>I've been having issues with a box running Fedora.  Basically what has 
>>happened is that the network traffic on the machine has pretty much 
>>stopped working properly.  It was working fine up until Friday morning 
>>and absolutely nothing was changed.  It all of a sudden started dropping 
>>connections that were active (Samba shares, ssh connection etc).  Now 
>>the machine can only be pinged by other machines on the local net, but 
>>when trying to access it any other way the network connection appears to 
>>initially start, but just dies.  For instance logging in via ssh, gets 
>>as far as asking for a username and then the connection just dies 
>>unexpectedly.
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>Have you added any other hosts to your network recently?
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>Ian
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Nah, I think I figured out what the issue was.  It was something to do 
with the switch it was plugged into (HP Procurve).  I read up on some 
fixes in new versions of the HP firmware and there were a few vague 
things that sound like they could've been the cause.  Its come good for 
now, but I'm going to TFTP up some new software onto the switch when I 
get a chance before it decides to fall over again.

Thanks for the reply though :)


/ Ben