I had a bad network card that caused some extremely flaky network connectivity. It worked fine for 3 days at a time. Like clockwork on the third day it drop off the network. If I changed its ip, it starting working again. I replaced it with the exact same model and it works fine now.
<br><br>Worth a try?<br><br>Brock<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/19/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:admin@lctn.org">admin@lctn.org</a></b> <<a href="mailto:admin@lctn.org">admin@lctn.org</a>
> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> On 2/12/07, <a href="mailto:admin@lctn.org">admin@lctn.org</a> <<a href="mailto:admin@lctn.org">
admin@lctn.org</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> I have an Ubuntu server that runs through an IpCop firewall.<br>Frequently,somewhere<br>>> the server will lose connection to all other devices on the network,<br>
>> except the IPCop box. If I run a steady ping to the firewall,<br>>> connectivity<br>>> to the network is restored.<br>>><br>>> Any ideas?<br>>><br>>><br>>> Raymond<br>>>
<br>><br>> check your ARP tables (on routers and PCs) for IP conflicts<br><br><br>It only happens to the one box, which I have changed the IP on, thinking<br>the same thing, but to no avail. If I run a steady ping to the firewall,
<br>it will always work. If I stop the ping, somwhere along the line (could be<br>hours) it will not be able to reach other servers on my network, or get<br>out to public IP's. Ten to fifteen seconds after I restart the ping to the
<br>firewall the box can reach any IP again.<br><br>--<br>This message has been scanned for viruses and<br>dangerous content by MailScanner, and is<br>believed to be clean.<br><br><br>_______________________________________________
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