Simon Matter wrote: > > Sometimes my server network connection on Linux goes down with short > > message in syslog saying: "[localhost kernel] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: > > transmit timed out" (or similar). > > > > By the way , I installed the CentOS 5.4 x86_64 bit and the kernel version > > was 2.6.18-164. > > > > Has anyone experienced this problem or is it the bug of the kernel ? > > It usually happens with problems on the physical layer. You network card > may be bad, or the connection, or the other side of the ethernet wire, or > a driver problem in the linux kernel. We don't have enough information > from you so say more. I agree with your analysis. Had this very problem, it turned out to be due to a dodgy NIC. -- Charles Polisher