Thanks to everyone. As every one suggested, the switch had the problem.
I have already replace it with a new one and things seems alright now. Fortunately, all the network cards works fine. ~mahen. On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 08:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 23 Jun 2003, El 4Love wrote: > > > I have encountered a problem with our network. > > Following is diagrams shows how our computers are connected. > > > > Internet > > | > > | > > ADSL Router/Firewall > > | > > ____________|____________ > > | | > > Switch Workstation1 > > | > > ______|___________________________ > > | | > > Other Workstations Linux Server > > > > The problem with our network is that, it stops functioning after about a > > day or so, and then I have to restart the router and switch (switch-off > > and switch-on) to resume normal operations. The linux server runs a web > > server, and when this happens the browser from the external computer > > says, network unreachable. I won't even be able to ping any of the > > machines from any other machine in the network. I use all private IP > > addresses for all the machines. > > > > Can anyone suggest where to look for? > > Sounds like your switch is fubar. > > Have you tried replacing it with a spare or borrowed one to see if the > problem disappears? > > Also, have you looked for heat problems with the switch? Could be the > switch is overheating, and this causes it to lockup. Unlikely, but > possible. > > DaZZa > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
