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  •  dwfa
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NIC stops working for 3 seconds
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Hello,

I have just recently (last couple of days) started to have issues with my CentOS 6 server. I am get tons, and I mean tons, of the following messages in the sys log :

Feb 29 00:04:17 ds9 kernel: e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down
Feb 29 00:04:21 ds9 kernel: e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx

It is always 3 seconds and it is causing problems for me to no end (the issue is the same regardless of which nic I use. The messages can appear several times a minute or in worst case up 3 seconds down 3 seconds. I do not understand why this is happening. Anyone have any suggestions for me on how to solve this.

I have the following :

Kernel : 2.6.32-220.4.2.el6.x86_64
Motherboard : ASUS
RAM : 8GB
CPU : Core 2 Quad Q8300
NIC card 1 : Intel Corporation 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02) (no board)
NIC card 2 : D-Link System Inc DGE-530T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev 11) (rev 11) (pci card)

kmod e1000e : v1.9.5
kmod sk98lin : 10.91.2.3-2

dwfa
Posted on: 2012/2/29 5:17
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  •  TrevorH
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Re: NIC stops working for 3 seconds
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So the issue persists if you use the e1000e or sk98lin driver on different ports with different cables? Then that sounds to me like your switch is dodgy - at least that's the only explanation that I can think of.
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Posted on: 2012/2/29 11:25
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  •  AlanBartlett
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Re: NIC stops working for 3 seconds
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Please show the output returned by executing the following --

lspci -nn | grep -i net

Which of the two devices you have shown above is configured as eth0?
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Posted on: 2012/3/1 1:40
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