On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 01:21:00PM -0500, Josh Fisher wrote: > > Jason Dixon wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 12:50:15PM -0500, Josh Fisher wrote: >> >>> Jason Dixon wrote: >>> >>>> We have three XP SP2 workstations that all have scheduled Bacula jobs. >>>> Two of them run fine. The third one "loses networking" every Friday >>>> during the FULL backup job. When it enters this state you can no longer >>>> ping the box or perform any networking functionality. >>>> Disabling/re-enabling the interface doesn't help. The only remedy is to >>>> reboot the box. >>>> >>>> Has anyone encountered this with XP before? Is it possibly a >>>> combination of software that is causing the issue (e.g. AVG)? Any known >>>> workarounds? >>>> >>> This is almost certainly either a buggy NIC driver or a hardware >>> (NIC/switch/cable) problem. If all three XP machines have the same NIC >>> and driver version, then it's probably hardware. Otherwise, my guess is >>> the NIC driver. During a full backup, Bacula, naturally, places a heavy >>> load on the NIC, and so Bacula will definitely reveal any underlying >>> network problems. I ran into this with a couple of Vista laptops, and >>> also with a nForce430 chipset XP machine. I have found it is not uncommon >>> for Windows NIC drivers to be buggy. >> >> Someone else suggested that offlist. There was a driver update for the >> onboard nforce ethernet, so I applied that and we'll see how that goes. > > Also, you could try disabling checksum offload and/or segmentation offload > in the NIC's advanced settings.
The new driver didn't help. Installed an Intel card, we'll see how that goes. -- Jason Dixon OmniTI Computer Consulting, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 443.325.1357 x.241 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
