[plug] Fedora network issues

[Craig Foster]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au 
> [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au] On Behalf Of Ben Jensz
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 June 2004 7:19 PM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] Fedora network issues
> 
> Ian Kent wrote:
> 
> >On Sun, 30 May 2004, Ben Jensz wrote:
> >>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.
> >
> >Have you added any other hosts to your network recently?
> >
> >Ian
> >
> 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

Shouldn't the ProCurve web interface log port issues? After all it's just a
big cuddly cisco :)
Firmware updates are good. Can't stand Netgear kit without them :P

CraigF.
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