Re: Help Request -- Firewall-1 Link Down

[Randy Grimshaw <rgrimsha () mailbox syr edu>]

Thank you to everyone who has sent suggestions to this problem.

  We had tried checking/setting the duplex options and replacing cables.

  I have now installed the Sun *hme* patch and it seems to be doing
fine, but there is an intermittent quality to the problem so I am not
going to swear that it is fixed yet.

<><Randall Grimshaw, Network Programmer, Syracuse University, 315-443-5779

On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, Michael C. Ibarra wrote:

> At 03:07 PM 4/9/99 -0400, Randy Grimshaw wrote:
> > I am running Checkpoint Firewall-1 on a Sun Ultra 10 using 100mb ethernet 
> > ports hme0 (internal) hme1 (external). I will periodically lose
> > connections to (and through) the firewall. The /var/adm/messages file will
> > record this series of messages at each occurance.
> >
> > Mar 29 15:23:28 granite unix: SUNW,hme1: Link Down - cable problem?
> > Mar 29 15:23:30 granite unix: SUNW,hme1: Link Down - cable problem?
> > Mar 29 15:23:31 granite unix: SUNW,hme1: Using Internal Transceiver
> > Mar 29 15:23:31 granite unix: SUNW,hme1: 100 Mbps half-duplex Link Up
> >
> > can anyone offer suggestions to help solve this problem ?
> >
> > thank you.
> > <><Randall C Grimshaw, Network Programmer, Syracuse University, 315-443-5779