Tracking down eth0 issues

[Felipe Alfaro Solana]

On 4 May 2005, at 00:23, Richard Crawford wrote:

> I'm having a devil of a time staying connected here at work today.   
> I suspect
> some sort of network issue in our office (I've got the only Linux box;
> everything else here runs 'Doze).
>
> What happens is this:  every few minutes, my network connection  
> just vanishes
> for no apparent reason, then comes back up immediately.  This is  
> particularly
> annoying when listening to streaming music or chatting with someone  
> via IM or
> when trying to check my e-mail.
>
> I've tried leaving a terminal window open with "ping <gateway"  
> continually
> running, but that shows nothing.  I've looked at my system logs,  
> but they say
> nothing related to eth0 or networking issues.  I've also tried a  
> live capture
> via ethereal while the network drops and reconnects, but found  
> nothing that I
> can interpret as an error.  This is a brand new laptop with a brand  
> new
> network card, so I'm hoping desperately that it isn't that.
>
> Where can I look to find out more about network interface troubles  
> my computer
> might be having?

Problems with the cable?