Weird networking issue

Adam Vande More amvandemore at gmail.com
Tue Aug 4 18:38:49 UTC 2009


On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:56 AM, <perryh at pluto.rain.com> wrote:

> Glen Barber <glen.j.barber at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Joel Dahl<joel at vnode.se> wrote:
>
> [snip description of network flakiness on one server, out
>  of several on the same switch behind the same gateway]
>
> > > Any ideas? :-)
> > >
> > I have 2:
> > 1.) Bad NIC
> > 2.) Bad CPU
>
> 3.  Bad cable from NIC to switch
> 4.  Bad switch port
>
> These may not be all that likely, but they're easy to test if
> you have even a marginally-competent tech available at the site.
>
> I had similar behavior about a years ago.  I also had a not very frequent(
< once a week) sporadic reboot issue during it.  I replaced the RAM and it's
not had the issue anymore.  I may have rebuilt world too...


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Adam Vande More


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