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<DIV>Thanks will do.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jon<BR><BR>>>> ryank@globaldial.com 1:45:51 pm 24/01/2006
>>><BR>Jon Miller wrote:<BR>> Is there a way to check the condition
of a NIC card in Debian. I have tried several NIC (2 Intel Pro/1000 GT, 2
3COM and now I'm trying 2 Netgear). So far the Intel and 3COM are not
working.<BR>> Only 1 of the nics seems to work when 2 are present. They
both show up in lspci and they both load up as eth0 and eth1, but during a ping
test only 1 will work.<BR>> These cards are plugged into a riser (which may
be faulty), but there is no way to prove it.<BR>> <BR>> I thought it would
be best to troubleshoot the NIC separately first then work my way back to the
riser.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Thanks<BR><BR>try mii-tool or
ethtool<BR><BR><BR>Ryan<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>PLUG
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