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sidapto
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Post subject: [SOLVED] ETH0 occasionally switching off
 Posted: 03.03.2012, 14:35
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Hi there.
I'm running Aptosid on my homeserver and occasionally it will drop all connections and kind of "block the internet" until i press any key on the keyboard.
This happens almost daily, but not in a steady pattern as i could observe.
I assume it's a problem with some kind of powersaving-daemon who is simply switching off my Ethernet-Card - while it isn't even idle though.
Does anyone have a clue how to fix this?
ifconfig output on eth0 (Hardware Adresse obscured)
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eth0 Link encap:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet Adresse:192.168.2.2 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Maske:255.255.255.0
inet6-Adresse: fe80::250:fcff:feed:6e8b/64 Gültigkeitsbereich:Verbindung
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1450 Metrik:1
RX packets:744689 errors:12 dropped:4584 overruns:1 frame:0
TX packets:778858 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000
RX bytes:449869535 (429.0 MiB) TX bytes:176823506 (168.6 MiB)
Interrupt:18 Basisadresse:0x8000
lspci output on ethernet controller
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00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
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Post subject: RE: ETH0 occasionally switching off, misconfigured powersavi
Posted: 10.03.2012, 16:13
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Doesn't anyone have some idea what i could try or which config-file i might look into?
I've looked for a solution inside /etc/pm/ - there are 3 subdirectorys - all empty except "sleep.d". Inside there's a file called "74ifplugd" in wich i added the line "exit 0" on top. Still, my problem persists.
I'm kinda lost here, any advice is welcome. |
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Post subject: RE: ETH0 occasionally switching off, misconfigured powersavi
Posted: 10.03.2012, 16:43
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| I would rather suspect a hardware reason, like broken cable (or just not seated properly) or issues with your switch(-port). |
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Post subject: RE: ETH0 occasionally switching off, misconfigured powersavi
Posted: 10.03.2012, 20:52
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Thanks for your reply. I'll exchange the cable, plug it into another port and see if the problem persists.
The fact that pressing any random key on the keyboard instantly fixes the problem (temporary) made me believe in a software-problem while the randomness of the problems occurance clearly speaks against that theory. |
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Post subject: RE: ETH0 occasionally switching off, misconfigured powersavi
Posted: 18.03.2012, 17:58
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After a full week without my Problem reappearing i can say: It was in fact the cable. d'oh!
Thank you so much for pointing me in the right direction, this was almost driving me nuts.
This one is solved. Thank you, thank you, thank you! |
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Post subject: RE: ETH0 occasionally switching off, misconfigured powersavi
Posted: 18.03.2012, 18:12
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| I once had lots of fun with an ethernet switch, which worked fine - until it lost power (switched off as part of a power strip, like all my gear when I'm not around), then it suddenly started to reflect incoming packages and totally killed the powered network segments (everything directly connected to the router), up to connection losses… |
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