Network problem Proliant 1600

[Roland Heeling]

Our Proliant 1600 works fine, but in the event log from Windows NT 4.0 and in the configuration utility network problem are seen.

In the eventlog, every 10 seconds the warning "network link is down, check your cabling" is displayed, two seconds later the notice "network link is restored" is displayed.

In the Compaq network configuration utility", link status interupts almost 20000 per day.

But we don't notice any network problems working on that server, i think the error is not true, this because I changed the network cable and put in on another switch.

I upgrade de network driver to the latest version.

Anywhone an idea? (if you understand this very bad english :-) )

Thans,
Roland

[Terry Hutchings]

Have you tried a different port on the switch. Have you tried a plugging this into a hub or different brand of switch.

[Roland Heeling]

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Have you tried a different port on the switch. Have you tried a plugging this into a hub or different brand of switch.
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Yes, tried an 3com switch and a compaq netelligent hub, makes no differents.

Thanks,

[Terry Hutchings]

Sorry, must have missed that. When did this start happening? Has it always happened? It looks like a problem with the nic.

[Neal Bowman]

How are the NICs configured? Are you setting speed & duplex, or are they set at Auto/Auto? I have seen instances where the switch has the speed set, and the NIC has the speed set, there is just enough of a mismatch on the timing to cause these type of errors. Try setting to Auto/Auto & monitor event log to see if this corrects the issue.

[Roland Heeling]

Sorry for the late response, i've had a holiday for a few weeks.

it makes no difference wat the speed or duplex is, it is set on auto/auto, but i've tried, 10mbit ot 100mbit and half or full duplex.

Still the messages are the same.

[Gregory Lee_1]

Roland,

You say the NIC is set to AUTO. Is the switch also set to auto? If not, you may still have a Duplex mismatch which would result in intermittent connectivity problems.

Good Luck,
Greg

[Frank Kaufman]

It looks like a false message from Insight Manager. You may need to upgrade to a newer version