Earlier today I had a power outage on my network. Usually I can reboot everything and I am good to go. Today, however, one of the boxes will not reestablish connection. I am left suspecting a hardware failure.
The main power lines are a good example of how _not_ to do things. Basically long runs of extension cords and power strips with no consideration for grounding or ground loops. My guess is that a voltage spike took out the network interface on this box. I have swapped the cable to the router and gone through several ifdown/ifup attempts to no avail. The network interface on the downed PC is one that is built into the MB. Before I get a NIC and install it does anyone know a good way to determine if indeed the network interface hardware is broken? The good news is my daughter and her boyfriend brought me a nice bottle of Merlot for Father's Day, so I can drink my troubles away :) BobLQ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
