[Techtalk] ethernet card problem

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Maria,

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010, Maria McKinley wrote:
> Chris Wilson wrote:
> > 
> > Do you have a spare switch you could swap in for the one that this 
> > machine is connected to? Preferably a managed one with an IP address 
> > that you can ping?
> 
> I do have a spare switch, but I suspect the switch is not the problem, 
> because it is my main switch, and none of the other computers showed any 
> problems, including my mail/web server, which sees the most traffic.

I've seen faulty switch ports cause this kind of problem for individual 
machines before.

Cheers, Chris.
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