On 11/12/05, bimbo <samba at legnago dot org> wrote:
> After some minutes of inactivity, or generally about 5-10 minutes, link
> seems down.
> Ethernet interface on soekris board (net4501) is not avaiable : it
> doesn't respond to ping and clients behind nat can't access to internet.

does it still have a link light?


> Problem is resolved in 2 methods :
> 1) Power off system an power on after some seconds
> 2) Plug out ethernet cable and plugin itself after some seconds
>

I'd try a different cable, and a different switch port and see if that
makes any difference.

-Chris