On (02/01/04 07:51), Robert Ames wrote: > Recently moved our unofficial debian server into a proper lab up > at work. Used to have it set up as DHCP (without any troubles), > but the networking people have given us a range of static IP's > on our own interal subnet, so I'm trying to stick the server on > one of those so we have a little better guarantee that IP > address won't change. > > Anyway, ever since I've configured it for static IP address, the > network interface has been going down constantly (like more than > once daily). I've tried to mitigate this problem by writing a > simple "monitor / bounce" script which will detect (as best as I > can tell) when the network interface goes down and then try to > ifdown / ifup it (twice actually, because the first time nothing > actually happens). > > This one has been driving me nuts, and I can't think of anything > appropriate to google for, so I was hoping to get some feedback > from people here. > > Symptom is: in the morning you can't connect (ssh / http) to the > PC. Solution: Walk over and type "ifdown eth0 ; ifup eth0" ... > get message "SIOC** something error" (sorry, didn't write it > down, will post again when I get ) ... so do ifdown / ifup > again, and network interface comes back up. > > Other diagnostics are that the ifconfig output "loses" the line > that tells your ip address (the inet addr line) but still keeps > the line that says "UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST etc..." > > Attached are what little information that I have. I really do > appreciate any responses or ideas on where to look (found this > lkml message, might have some clues, but I don't know > http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2001-06/0917.html) Bit of a long shot - I had a similar problem some time ago but unrelated to DHCP v Static IP (which seems bizarre). Have you tried a different NIC? I had an epro100 which seemd to drop the connection for no apparent reason - a new card fixed it.
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