eth0 won't stay up

[Bob Chiodini]

On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 18:33 -0500, hanfamily at earthlink.net wrote:
> > snip
> > With a hub replace full with half. I.E.
> > 
> > > > In the meantime, try "ethtool eth0 speed 100 duplex full" and see if
> > > > that stops it.
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer     rstevens at vitalstream.com -
> > > > - VitalStream, Inc.                       http://www.vitalstream.com -
> <snip> >
> > On a xterm as root;
> > [root at localhost root]# ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex half
> > (Mr Stevens forgot the -s)
> I tried this it still doesn't work right when I ping I lose over
> half of the packets and it blinks constantly. The nic is part of the
> motherboard along with a wireless conection of some sort. 
> It does the same thing on the windows side compaq says it is suppose to 
> blink on and off constantly! Should I try using a real nic card.
> If so any suggestions on what to use?
>                    Thanks
>                    Linda  
> 

Linda,

I'd try replacing the hub with a switch first.  If it works you'll be
ahead in throughput.  If it doesn't then replace the NIC and you'll
still be ahead.

Also, did you try forcing 100Mb/full duplex?  For grins, try setting
10/half, if your hub supports 10Mb.

Bob...