[nylug-talk] Partially dead ethernet ports?

[Brian Gupta]

I'd suggest burning a LiveCD and seeing if that works. (Knoppix or Ubuntu
LiveCD)

-Brian

On 7/30/07, Peter C. Norton <spacey-nylug at lenin.net> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 04:18:57PM -0400, jh wrote:
> > I have box here that is having networking issues.
> >
> > Everything seems normal, but it Just Doesn't Work. Machine was fine as
> > of yesterday, then a reboot, and now ... blotto.
> >
> > I get link lights; the machine sees a link state. Modules load. ifconfig
> > works normally.
> >
> > That's as far as I can get - can't ping anything (or be pinged), nothing
> > shows up with ARP, dhcp doesn't work, etc. mii-diag isn't helpful as
> > these are nvidia onboard ports, and I guess forcedeth just isn't playing
> > ball.
> >
> > Can anyone make a suggestion? Is there a way to test this?
> >
> > Even better - there's only one PCI slot, and that's being used for VGA -
> > so putting in a cheapo realtek isn't happening, either.
> >
> > jh
>
> Obvious questions:
>
> * Do you get link lights on your switch?
>
> * What kind of switch are you plugged into? Are you're sure the
>    port's not administratively disabled?
>
> * Does ethtool work (if the driver normally supports ethtool. I don't
>    know if mii-diag uses depricated "stuff")
>
> * Have you tried swapping cables?
>
> -Peter
>
>
> --
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> In five years we'll make up another plan.
> Or just re-use this one.
>
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