It is the DHCP server and its IP is hard set. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 7:19 AM Subject: Re: System Drops off Network
> Dan Donathan wrote: > > >Has anyone ever asked RH about it? Like I said, it seems odd that such a > >popular card would have a problem. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Joe Lewinski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 5:52 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: System Drops off Network > > > >We have had the same issues with 3COM. Netgear seems to work > >just fine too! > > > > > > > for what its worth, and just to throw a monkey into the wrench... I had > a 3c905c for a long time and never had a problem with it... ran from > 6.2 (that did require some work) through 7.3. > > I would ask this, how are your IPs assigned on this network. Sounds > like it could also be a case of the DHCP server having a lease time out, > and that particular machine not renewing its lease. which means that > the server will, after the timeout period, no longer have a valid IP or > will have no IP at all... > > We used to get calls a lot from people with cable modems that had the > same issues... their connection would drop at certain intervals and > never come back up... turns out that hte cable provider assigned all IPs > via DHCP, and at somewhere between 3am and 5 am, every subscribers IP > lease would be renewed, and in some cases, the client machine would not > update itself... and hence, drop the connection. > > so waht happens if, after the machine drops off your network, if you do > a service network restart??? > > cheers > Jeff > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
