Fedora Core 2 eth0: Link down. [fedora core 2] [quot]
Q: I have been playing with Fedora Core 2 and Samba. As I play SWAT for Samba to work (I still havent!) My Machine “takes a break” after a while.
I use PuTTY to SSH into the box. After a while playing, it stops responding. The machine in the basement. I go to the basement and the machine displays:
eth0: down.
eth0 link: link up.
eth0: down.
eth0 link: link up.
eth0: down.
eth0 link: link up.
. over and over.
Any ideas?
Its making an already frustrating time with Samba even more frustrating.
Re:1. I'm willing to put money on the fact it was a crappy NIC.
2. SAMBA is tough. It took me a while to get it. Not sure if I could do it again. But SWAT never helped.
3. Not sure what you're talking about (I don't use XP).
4. Sometimes that happens.
5. bourbon is good.
Re:OK, I give up!
The network problem mysteriously went away. In fact, it's quite stable now. I literally did nothing. Actually, I take that back. I went to Ikea with my wife and kids. When I got back, I checked the system. It had the up/down messages on the console but it looked like they stopped for some unknown reason.
I'm giving up on Linux as a server until additional documentation is available and it matures. Unfortunately that means I'll continue to use Windows 2000 Server.
Here are my reasons:
1. The network problem I ran into just went away. I dont feel comfortable with putting my files on this system. Could have been a NIC problem, power, etc. I'll never know.
2. Using SWAT, I couldnt even get a simple share to work. I've been all over Google and Samba.org. Still no go.
3. I had to turn off the firewall on XP to make some things work. I dont have to do this with the 2000 server.
4. I've spent way too much time with Linux with no results. I could have setup a dozen Windows Servers in this time and I'm not even a network admin.
I'd really like to make Linux work. I think it's speed, power, and cost are attractive. I just couldnt make it work with a resonable amount of effort.
Oh well.
Here's what I was using:
Dell XPS D300 (PII 300MHz)
128MB RAM
Netgear FA311 Rev-C1
6GB hard drive
Riva128 video card
OS = Fedora Core 2
Thanks everyone for your help. I'll brace myself for the flames.
Re:Thanks folks. Here's the info:
NIC = Netgear FA311 Rev -C1
Relevant info from a "tail -30 messages":
May 22 11:40:05 fedora1 kernel: eth0: Autonegotiation advertising 0×5e1 partner 0×41e1.
May 22 11:40:05 fedora1 kernel: eth0: link up.
May 22 11:40:06 fedora1 kernel: eth0: Autonegotiation advertising 0×5e1 partner 0×00.
May 22 11:40:06 fedora1 kernel: eth0: link down.
May 22 11:40:08 fedora1 kernel: eth0: Autonegotiation advertising 0×5e1 partner 0×41e1.
May 22 11:40:08 fedora1 kernel: eth0: link up.
May 22 11:40:09 fedora1 kernel: eth0: Autonegotiation advertising 0×5e1 partner 0×00.
May 22 11:40:09 fedora1 kernel: eth0: link down.
May 22 11:40:11 fedora1 kernel: eth0: Autonegotiation advertising 0×5e1 partner 0×41e1.
May 22 11:40:11 fedora1 kernel: eth0: link up.
May 22 11:40:11 fedora1 kernel: eth0: Autonegotiation advertising 0×5e1 partner 0×00.
May 22 11:40:11 fedora1 kernel: eth0: link down.
May 22 11:40:13 fedora1 kernel: eth0: Autonegotiation advertising 0×5e1 partner 0×41e1.
May 22 11:40:13 fedora1 kernel: eth0: link up.
May 22 11:40:14 fedora1 kernel: eth0: Autonegotiation advertising 0×5e1 partner 0×00.
May 22 11:40:14 fedora1 kernel: eth0: link down.
May 22 11:40:16 fedora1 kernel: eth0: Autonegotiation advertising 0×5e1 partner 0×41e1.
May 22 11:40:16 fedora1 kernel: eth0: link up.
I also get the above with a "dmesg".
Any ideas? I wonder if I need to set the speed of the NIC?
Re:/var/log/messages typically
Re:guy, what kind of NIC do you have?
Re:Which logs in particular?
(sorry, I'm more of a Windows guy)
Re:Anything else in the logs?
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