Perhaps your NIC has a sleep mode. I had one that did that but I was able to turn that off in the PC BIOS. -Skye > Subject: > eth0 switching off > Date: > Sat, 25 Dec 1999 21:04:34 +0100 > From: > "Jasper Jans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Hi people.. > > Merry xmas to all.. > I've got a question.. how do i prevent my eth0 from switching > off ever a few minutes? I connected it to a hub.. and after a few > mins i loose link light.. but the connection does not die.. then > when i start using the connection again it takes a few before it > responds.. and once it does i have link light again as well. > Any idea how i prevent this from happening on an idle connection > - i dont want to resort to a keep-alive-ping > > Jasper -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
