Thanks for the response.. I think that's it! I think I'll disable the on board Broadcom Nic in the bios and put a piece of tape over it and use the other port I'm not using from the Intel GB Nic card that I had Dell add and see how it goes :)
JD On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:16, Lisa Kachold <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey JD, > > Howareya? > > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 8:07 AM, JD Austin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Anyone on the list have experience with SMEServer? >> I'm trying to get a new instance going and it keeps dropping the bridged >> network from eth0->eth1 >> where it won't route traffic. It did the same thing when I was running it >> virtualized on the same box under Proxmox (now it's running native). >> Restarting the network 'fixes' it for awhile. I'm not sure if it's a bug in >> SMEServer or if it's a quirk of the hardware on this Dell Poweredge T110 >> server. >> >> JD >> -- JD Austin >> Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC >> http://www.twingeckos.com >> Voice: 480.288.8195x201 >> Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) >> Fax: 480.406.6753 >> [email protected] >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> AZTelcom Solutions >> Voice:480.270.4368 >> [email protected] >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> Xorcom USA >> Technical Support >> [email protected] >> >> > SMEServer is based on CentOs/Fedora/Redhat. > > udev will reassign the network card from one device to another, or from one > interface to another if it has issues negotiating. > > This is commonly seen with Dell PowerEdge servers running broadcom ethernet > cards. > Check your firmware and card versions against your kernel driver to verify > conditions and consider adding: > > 1) udev hammered down ethernet configuration options > > http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/udev.htm (I know this is not Debian, but udev > is udev!) > > 2) change from/to autonegotiate (sensitive from some switches) to hammered > down settings: > > Autoneg and switch optimization: > http://serverfault.com/questions/106160/should-network-hardware-be-set-to-autonegotiate-speeds-or-fixed-speeds > > "eth-tool -s" > > > http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-change-the-speed-and-duplex-settings-of-an-ethernet-card/ > > Broadcom Information on neg: > http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/faq_drivers.php > > 3) static configuration options in Network Manager: > > These can be manipulated as well, with routing information, ifup conditions > and other tricks: > > http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/setting-up-an-network-interfaces-file/ > > Hope this helps! > > > -- > Office: (602)239-3392 > AT&T: (503)754-4452 > http://it-clowns.com <http://it-clowns.com/wiki/index.php?title=Obnosis> > "Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether > impossible. " > --Stanislav Lem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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