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On 9/20/06, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> 'eth0: link down' |
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This line in dmesg means that your hardware saw the cable disconnect. |
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You should be able to see this effect by running "ethtool eth0 | grep |
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Link". There is nothing that Gentoo can do to cause this...it is |
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purely between the kernel driver and the hardware. Even "ifconfig |
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eth0 down" doesn't cause this. |
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This could be the fault of the chip in the laptop, the cable, or the |
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switch that you plug into. Since you already tried a different cable, |
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and the NIC chip isn't easily replaced, I would try to prove that the |
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switch is good. Assuming you have control over the switch, try |
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different port. Or if you don't, insert a small desktop switch |
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between you and the upstream one. |
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-Richard |
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