Re: (PM) portmaster keeps rebooting

Richard Morrell (portmaster@ednet.co.uk)
Thu, 18 Mar 1999 01:03:43 +0000 (GMT)

On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Thomas C. Kinnen wrote:

> ---->
> Meltdown:
> Collision rate above 30% and/or more than 1 Reset an hour with high rate of
> Ierros and Oerrs.
>
> Resets indicate that an ethernet device (NIC card, hub, etc.) has gone nuts
> and is flooding the ethernet. The PortMaster reacts to this flow of garbage
> data by resetting itself.
> <----

Surely reseting just the ethernet device would be sufficient (or is that
what it's trying to say)? A full reboot seems a bit harsh.

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Richard Morrell                                           richard@ednet.co.uk
System Administrator - edNET: Internet Access for Edinburgh - www.ednet.co.uk

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