The PNIC2 eth0 tx hung mystery has been solved. I though I would share the
solution. Background: the eth0 error started showing up after a large
thunderstom rolled through Texas around Christmas. The problem would come and go
appearing mostly when the network was under high load due to backup. Sometimes
the error would cause the hub to shutdown (so I thought).
We'll, checking each connection at the hub revealed that the hub would crash
when I connected the server to the hub. This combined with the PNIC2 eth0
message caused me to suspect the Linksys LNE100TX card in the server. So I found
another one in Nacogdoches (no easy task in Nacogdoches, Texas). Replaced the
card repowered the hub and all was well (I thought). I started the backup and
went to lunch after watching for 10 minutes to make sure all was well.
Got back from lunch - everything was dead again. Well, as it turns out, it
wasn't the server network card, but it was a problem with the hub. The fan in
the old CNET 8-port was dying and causing the hub to overheat. The LM server was
the only machine on the network smart enough to log any errors. Being the
server, it also carried the most traffic and would cause the hub to overheat
once connected making it look like a server network card problem.
Thanks for everyones help with this problem over the past few weeks. And,
did I tell you, I only had to drive 60 miles to find a new 8-port!
I would check each connection with the
James Sparenberg wrote:
> Ran some throughput tests about 6 months ago... rough test nothing fancy
> 3c905's seemed to give me 45mbs real throughput... the linksys about
> 42mbps.... Honestly.... I can't think of a reason why you wouldn't stay
> with them the price/performance point is pretty solid from what I see.
> (and Linksys doesn't freak out when you call them and say Linux...!)
>
> James
>
> On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 22:02, David Rankin wrote:
> > Listmates,
> >
> > I have convinced myself that the PNIC2 eth0 messages I have been
> > receiving lately are signs that my Linksys LNE 100TX pci NIC is slowly
> > dying. It only flakes out under high load conditions like pulling a 600M
> > backup across the card. Anyway, after 2 years of faithfull service, I
> > wouldn't mind buying another one for the box, but I thought I would first
> > check to see if you guys had any other suggestions. My LM box still runs
> > Odyssey (7.2) and serves 8 clients. The only time it sees a heavy load of
> > throughput is when I backup to another machine on the LAN.
> >
> > At $14, it's hard to say no to another Linksys, but if I could benefit
> > from getting a better card, that's what I'm here trying to find out. What
> > are some of your favorites for a small server?
> >
> > --
> > David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.
> > Rankin * Bertin, PLLC
> > 510 Ochiltree Street
> > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
> > (936) 715-9333
> >
> >
> >
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