Steve Kemp wrote: > When it failed what was the symptoms from the Debian side?
The Debian machine cannot access the network. > I'd guess that it came up as eth1, eth2, etc. See if that is the > case by running "ifconfig -a". $ cat ifconfig-a-eth0-dead.txt eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:5A:F3:3A inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe5a:f33a/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:1494 (1.4 KiB) Interrupt:10 Base address:0x1400 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4 NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) $ cat ifconfig-a-eth0-working.txt eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:5A:F3:3A inet addr:192.168.0.12 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe5a:f33a/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:20864 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:16211 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:11956830 (11.4 MiB) TX bytes:2832918 (2.7 MiB) Interrupt:10 Base address:0x1400 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:18974 (18.5 KiB) TX bytes:18974 (18.5 KiB) sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4 NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) $ diff ifconfig-a-eth0-dead.txt ifconfig-a-eth0-working.txt 1a2 > inet addr:192.168.0.12 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 4,5c5,6 < RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 < TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 --- > RX packets:20864 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:16211 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 7c8 < RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:1494 (1.4 KiB) --- > RX bytes:11956830 (11.4 MiB) TX bytes:2832918 (2.7 MiB) 14,15c15,16 < RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 < TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 --- > RX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 17c18 < RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) --- > RX bytes:18974 (18.5 KiB) TX bytes:18974 (18.5 KiB) HTH, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]