Strange network problem

[Peter L. Peres]

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 12:31:09PM +0200, Peter L. Peres wrote:
> > I have a problem that looks like a bad ethercard. The host runs linux.
> > After an abnormal shutdown (power failure or glitch) it came up and since
> > then eth0 (a ne2k clone card) will not ping or be pinged. It is up, but
> > nothing goes through it. Other hosts show incomplete arp entry for it, its
> > own arp table remains empty. Strangely, when I ping another host with it
> > it pretends to work and shows a normal ping time but the other host does
> > not register the pings. I will change the card but this is the weirdest
> > failure I've seen so far.
>
> I have had issues with RTL8019 ne2k ISA cards whenever a power failure
> occoured and the machine powered up after the power came back.  Turning
> off the machine and turning it on again after a few seconds made the
> card work correctly again, but the apparently 'not quite clean' power
> that comes right when the power comes back didn't seem to go well with
> those cards.  I replaced them with a 3c509B and some other card I can't
> remember right now.  Been working fine ever since.

Thanks for that. My card is RTL8019AS based. It seems to be what you said.
First time it happens in almost 5 years of operation. I will look out for
something else next time (as in, cheap network cards).

Peter
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