Bug 1032 – network connection lost if ethernet switch reboots

Bug 1032 - network connection lost if ethernet switch reboots

Summary:	network connection lost if ethernet switch reboots

Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	netkit-base (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5.2
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	David Lawrence
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Reported:	1999-02-02 22:39 EST by simon.greaves
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	1999-02-05 20:18:24 EST
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Description simon.greaves 1999-02-02 22:39:21 EST

PC is connected via UTP to an central ethernet switch. If
the switch is rebooted the PC can no longer use the network,
any attempts block/timeout.

Win32 clients on the same switch do not see the same
problem, once the switch is up they may continue - ie the
previous connections are restored.

I've tried restarting the network using
'/etc/rc.d/init.d/network' but this doesn't help, so far the
only fix I've found is a reboot.

The PC has a static IP address and a static route, ethernet
card is a Digital PCI card with a tulip chipset (same as the
Win32 boxes), config is pretty vanilla I think.

Comment 1 David Lawrence 1999-02-05 20:18:59 EST

We have a switch located in our test lab and I was unable to cause
this to occur, I am just guessing but it could possibly be hardware
related and would suggest trying a different card.

Comment 2 Anonymous 1999-02-07 17:18:59 EST

Thanks for the comment. FYI all client PC's have the same make/model
ethernet card, and the one in the Linux box has been swapped for a new
one just in case. Don't think I get the problem if the same PC runs
win95 when the switch reboots. Also, I never saw this problem with
some 'simple' ethernet switches, so it could be specific to the
Digital switch firmware too. Will maybe raise this with ethernet code
author.

Thanks again,

Simon

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