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From: rhialto@mbfys.kun.nl (Olaf Seibert)
Subject: Re: 3c509 w/unshielded twisted pair interface?
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Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 00:49:25 GMT
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In <3qgigc$7a0@stud.Direct.CA> curt@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) writes:
>I'm currently using a 3c509, and getting a problem with similar symptoms.
>Every once in a while the machine just decides to stop talking to the
>rest of the network. If I ifconfig the interface down for about ten
>seconds and ifconfig it back up again, it starts working again. There
>doesn't seem to be anything in particular that triggers this problem.
I seem to get this when there is lots of traffic, due to simultaneous
PC-NFS usage and massive file saving from nn (which gets its articles
via NNTP). Same solution, except that I don't wait 10 seconds but
just ifconfig up again as soon as command line editing allows.
-Olaf.
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