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[Xen-users] Re: My Dying Network Connections..

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Subject: [Xen-users] Re: My Dying Network Connections..
From: George Styles <ripnetuk@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 11:21:46 +0100
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Hi,

I worked around this in the end by plugging 2 more physical network
cards (£10) into my Xen box, and passing them through to the virtual
machines... works a treat

g


On 9/2/05, George Styles <ripnetuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have now discovered that if I leave it for a while (less than half
> hour, not sure how much less), it recovers...
> 
> I still have no idea how to start debugging this
> 
> any clues?
> 
> cheers
> 
> g
> 
> 
> On 9/1/05, George Styles <ripnetuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Im using Xen testing from 14 Aug 2005.
> > I have 3 DomU machines.
> > Everything works most of the time, but occasionally (about once a
> > week), and not assocaited with any heavy usage, the network dies.
> >
> > I can still ssh into the Dom0 machine, but that cannot see any of my
> > DomU machines.
> >
> > I can connect via console to the DomU machines, and they cannot see
> > 'out' either. They are however running fine (albeit without
> > networking)
> >
> > Any ideas how to start debugging this? has anything like this been
> > fixed in testing since 14 aug?
> >
> > When its not wokring, I tried ifconfig and brctl, and to my untrained
> > eye it all looks fine.
> >
> > How can I find out whats not working???
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > g
> >
> > (When its working, IFConfig gives
> >
> > eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 4C:00:10:21:4C:BE
> >           inet addr:192.168.10.220  Bcast:192.168.10.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
> >           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> >           RX packets:203828 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >           TX packets:146316 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> >           RX bytes:250628668 (239.0 MiB)  TX bytes:71201816 (67.9 MiB)
> >           Interrupt:21 Base address:0xa000
> >
> > lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
> >           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
> >           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
> >           RX packets:3844 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >           TX packets:3844 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> >           RX bytes:257268 (251.2 KiB)  TX bytes:257268 (251.2 KiB)
> >
> > vif1.0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
> >           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> >           RX packets:9620 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >           TX packets:8712 errors:0 dropped:81 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> >           RX bytes:2014768 (1.9 MiB)  TX bytes:3203884 (3.0 MiB)
> >
> > vif2.0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
> >           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> >           RX packets:59378 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >           TX packets:32603 errors:0 dropped:66 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> >           RX bytes:86719420 (82.7 MiB)  TX bytes:2608655 (2.4 MiB)
> >
> > vif3.0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
> >           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> >           RX packets:266553 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >           TX packets:181363 errors:0 dropped:262 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> >           RX bytes:256948645 (245.0 MiB)  TX bytes:248877128 (237.3 MiB)
> >
> > xen-br0   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 4C:00:10:21:4C:BE
> >           inet addr:192.168.10.220  Bcast:192.168.10.255  
> > Mask:255.255.255.255
> >           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> >           RX packets:258947 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >           TX packets:88567 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> >           RX bytes:335746440 (320.1 MiB)  TX bytes:70410814 (67.1 MiB)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > and
> >
> > brctl show gives
> >
> > bridge name     bridge id               STP enabled     interfaces
> > xen-br0         8000.4c0010214cbe       no              eth0
> >                                                         vif1.0
> >                                                         vif2.0
> >                                                         vif3.0
> >
>

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