Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ 4R Networking Dying & Patches Connection?

["Rich" <lists@xxxxxxxx>]

I had the exact same problem - except it was that my cable modem wouldn't
talk to my RaQ4 until the RaQ tried to access the 'outside' network (outside
the subnet).  While I'm not happy that it happened, at least I am not alone
:)  I moved and my new setup is much nicer - no need to ping an outside
source anymore.  I just set my server to ping the ISP's DNS server :)

Rich Leaf
rich@xxxxxxxx
Digital Playground
http://www.dgpi.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "_ cbtrussell _" <cbtrussell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ 4R Networking Dying & Patches Connection?


> >For the last month and a half, I've been experiencing some unusual
> >behaviour on my RaQ4R.  The symptoms are as follows:
> > - Swatch thinks all services are up
> > - The various logs can see localhost connections from Swatch
> > - No external connections are accepted.
> > - Serial connections from terminal work fine.
> > - Uptime drops to between 1-8 days if soft-resets are necessary
> > - Sometimes networking can be brought back up by running
> > /etc/rc.d/init.d/networking
>
> While your case doesn't sound like a perfect example, some RaQ3 and RaQ4
> hardware has been known to 'disappear' from the network when sitting
behind
> a Cisco 1900 or 2900 series switch.  The solution is to set the system to
> ping out once per minute or so indefinitely to 'announce' its presence.
It's
> worth checking into.
>
> Brandon