[oclug] Ethernet mystery

[Gorm Jensen]

> Bad Card, I had the same problem with some 3com card's sometime ago.
Was
> a bugger to figure out since it worked at time then poof, nothing
but
> error. I switched it and no problem since.
>

I had a bad 3COM card that caused its host and *another* host to lose
contact with the LAN.  When I switched the plug to an empty slot in
the hub, the problem moved, but it didn't disappear.  Replacing the
card solved the problem.