It is an IPcop PC with two NIC's. On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Tom Weniger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Royce Souther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a remote site that has three NIC's, two for local networks and > one > > going to the firewall and out to the Internet. The firewall is dieing > and > > needs to be replaced. The CAT5 cable goes directly from the server to > the > > firewall. When the firewall dies the one NIC in the server sees it go > down > > and the rest of the networks also stop, no one can login to the serer > and > > you cannot even ping it. > > > > The fault is with the firewall and it needs to be replaced but I am very > far > > away and no one will be on site with the skill to fix it for some time. > > > > I have been looking for some way I can stop the downed link from > blocking > > the others but I have not had any luck with ethtool. > > > > Here is some data from dmesg. > > e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link down > > e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex > > e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link down > > e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex > > e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link down > > e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex > > SMB connection re-established (-5) > > e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link down > > e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex > > e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link down > > e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex > > > > > > -- > > http://www.Radados.org > > Greetings Royce, > > What kind of firewall is it? Can it be configured for pass-through > operations? > > -- > Virtually, > Tom W > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > -- http://www.Radados.org
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