[c-nsp] router ethernet

[Kern, Tom]

well, the router says nothing. I was wondering what I should turn on to make it more verbose.

Rebooting the firebox doesn't help. only reloading the router clears the issue

i have a firebox x1000

thanks



Peter Hicks wrote:
> Hello
> 
> Kern, Tom wrote:
> 
>> I have a 1700 router which is my internet router. it has a
>> frame-relay serial int and an etherent int. About twice a month, the
>> ethernet int dies. Actually, it says eth0 up, line protocol up but i
>> can't connect to the internal network from the router. I can however
>> ping out on the frame. The eth int is connected to a watchguard
>> firewal via a crossover cable. Both ints on the router and firewall
>> are set to manual and full duplex. I can see some connections coming
>> in on the firewall and connections going out but there is no internet
>> access. I'm pretty sure its not the firewall.
> 
> I had this with a WatchGuard Firebox X700 connected to a Catalyst
> 3500XL.  During the problem, the Cat3500 reported no MAC addresses at
> all seen on one of the Ethernet ports.  Pinging the FB (allowed in the
> policy) didn't help, and only a reboot of the Firebox solved it.
> 
> Needless to say I started to dislike that box even more ;)
> 
> 
> Peter.