On 03/28/2010 05:04 AM, Wade Hampton wrote: >> me, I'd get on the console (most Sparc's newer than about 10 years old >> have a ALOM or RSC or whatever remote console module you can telnet or >> ssh to, older ones were almost all serial console, which is typically >> connected to a cyclades type console controller you can ssh to), and run >> some diags from there (check dmesg for any events, check ifconfig, ndd, >> and verify the settings, see if you can ping, etc) > > Thanks. The Solaris server is on PC hardware and is running CDE. > I can log into it even when it can't connect to the network. > > The last thing that wireshark displays is a bunch of ACK's from > my Linux box to the Solaris box (there are multiple connections > open). It stops working after sending a certain amount of traffic, so your network conf if probably okay. I've seen this before with a card that was in the process of dying. You could rule this out by swapping in a spare NIC that you know works. If its old hardware, re-plugging the NIC or using a different PCI slot may help. If it does help, its probably only a temporary fix and you should be planning for some new hardware :-( Kal