jack burton

It seems to be an et4000 related problem. I heard from several users that they have this problem. But not all et4000 have this problem. Perhaps you can add a script in runlevel 3 which restarts network automatically. Something like
ifdown eth0
ifup eth0

Yes, look like a PHY problem. I don't think there is a good solution for that other than what betacentauri says.

This is exactly what i was thinking.

this is probably an error in the pcb layout whit the mac controller, or the chip is bugged.

I think i'll open the chassis to check the revision of the pcb and compare it with other owners of et4000.

In the meantime i'll try to make a script that ping the network and restart the interface if it's down.

Thank you all, cu for updates

hello,

 

did you try network connection with the orginal firmware?

 

could it be a hardware issue?

Hi,

i tried 3 different firmwares: openpli, xtrend-alliance and clarke-tech xtrend-support v6 image, and with same results.

May be it could be an harware issue, but it's very strange that the restart of the network on the system setting menu can make it work.