Allen Weiner <alweiner7@hotmail.com> wrote: > (I posted a similar thread to this newsgroup on October 29. Due to > continuing problems, I'm opening this thread.) Hey, you've now opened 4 threads here. Gotta admire your tenacity. :) Here's a suggestion which is a flat-out guess: Next time things stop try ethtool -r eth0 and then check the "ifconfig eth0" output for RUNNING. Hey, it's quick anyway. Regards- -- Clifford Kite /* My confidence in this answer (X), on a scale of 0 to 10: |----|----|----|Roll the dice!|----|----|----|----| 0----1----2----3----4----5----6----7----8----9----10 */

Allen Weiner <alweiner7@hotmail.com> wrote: > Clifford Kite wrote: >> >> Next time things stop try >> >> ethtool -r eth0 >> >> and then check the "ifconfig eth0" output for RUNNING. > I've done ethtool eth0 and ifconfig after connection loss but before > issuing "service network restart". Eth0 is UP but not RUNNING. Link > detected = yes. Well, just to be sure we understand one another, "ethtool eth0" the -r option tries to restart autonegotiation. Regards- -- Clifford Kite