On Fri, 2022-11-18 at 09:35 -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 6:25 AM hw <h...@adminart.net> wrote: > > > > I have an X540-AT2 network card in my backup server and it worked when I was > > running Fedora on the server. > > > > I installed Debian on it and wanted to make backups with rsync, but the > > connection via this network card is now intermittent where it used to be > > stable > > with Fedora. > > Fedora uses the latest version of a package that's available at the > release date. Maybe Fedora was using a newer driver than Debian?
Then it should have worked when I booted a Fedora live from an USB stick ... > It looks like there's several updated Linux drivers at > https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/60020/intel-ethernet-controller-x540at2/downloads.html > . Maybe you can try one of the newer drivers on the Debian machine? Yep, thanks, I tried that and it didn't make a difference. I've never had a broken network card and I think it's strange that the connection is intermittent. If it was broken, would it have a connection at all? I guess my best chance is reseating the heatsink.
