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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] eth0 problem - how to find out.
From:       Joseph <syscon () interbaun ! com>
Date:       2004-06-30 5:22:09
Message-ID: 1088572929.1966.135.camel () sysconcept ! ca
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On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 22:19, Eric Paynter wrote:
> On Tue, June 29, 2004 8:22 pm, Joseph said:
> > Maybe I wasn't clear, I did not restart my Gentoo box; I restarted
> > firewall only (a separate box).  So I thought the eth0 on my Gentoo should
> > function correctly I shouldn't have packet loss.  By "misbehaving" I meant
> > "packet loss"
> 
> Does your gentoo box plug directly into the firewall, or through a switch?
> If direct, maybe the link status going down when the firewall went offline
> caused your nic get confused? Can you reproduce the problem? If so, does
> it resolve itself after a couple of minutes?
> 
> -Eric

Both computers are connected to via a switch to a firewall.  
I tried to reproduce the problem: taking down firewall for few minutes but everything worked normally.
I might never know what had happened, I think I'll need to monitor the connection.

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Joseph

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