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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My server has had this "random" problem for some
time now. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It has two NICs. One for internal network
(basic cheap card), the other to my high speed wireless connection (solid older
10Mb DEC card). The system runs along fine, no glitches, etc. and all of a
sudden the internal network stops or stalls. No traffic can occur to the
server, no pinging, no nothing. Most of the time, the external network
works fine. If I go into the service configuration gui and I restart the
network and then iptables - everything is back up and working fine.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any suggestions on why this might occur?
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Secondly, my command line skills for restart
processes is weak .. is there a way to restart the "network" by a command? Or
series of commands? There are 2 other businesses that access the internet
through my server/firewall ... so when I travel I would like to be able to log
in remotely and restart the network for the second NIC ... assuming the first
one does not die on me ... </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The problem also occurs at times when I reboot the
whole system. I restart the system and the network does not work. I
go into the sys config gui ... restart things there and then it is fine.
the boot log says everything started fine - no indication of an error
message.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>System information:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PII ~450 MHz 256 MB RAM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>RH7.2 Enterprise </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>uptime ~ 48 days as of today</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>on battery backup </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Randy </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he
stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and
controversy." - Martin Luther King, Jr. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ph: 218-385-3750<BR>fax:218-385-3751<BR>email: <A
href="mailto:rclark@lakesplus.com">rclark@lakesplus.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>