[CentOS] E1000 eth1 link flakiness - causes??

Mon Dec 27 22:45:55 UTC 2010
Frank Cox <theatre at sasktel.net>

On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:37:50 -0500
E Westphal wrote:

> I've tried all the obvious things. Cables, router ports, rebooting etc.
> It's quite strange. From a cold bootup, it's fine. Then about 45 minutes
> later it starts to act up. None of the obvious things seem to help.
> Then, about 90 minutes after bootup, everything is fine again! Rock
> solid! Ethtool and anything else I've tried fails to yield any hints,
> thus my question to all of you.

It sounds very much like  a hardware issue, more specifically  a cold solder
joint whose properties change as the unit warms up.

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