[dba-Tech] Troubleshooting network issues

Bobby Heid bheid at sc.rr.com
Tue Mar 20 18:16:32 CDT 2007


Wireshark is what I think you are thinking of. I do not know if that will
help you find hardware problems, but I'm not sure.

Bobby

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
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Ethereal is always mentioned, and I can't remember the name of the other
one... It'll come to me. They're both free, and both easy to use, although
the reports in Ethereal are a little difficult to decipher sometimes.
There's a LOT of traffic out there that you just don't see.

Probably the easy way to track down a dodgy NIC is to unplug things on the
network until it goes quiet... Then check that pc for spyware etc, it might
not be the NIC causing all the traffic.


Jon

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid
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Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Troubleshooting network issues

I think I have seen the network people use a network analyzer (big $$$) to
track down bad hardware.  Other than that, sorry, I do not know of anything.

Bobby

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of JWColby
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 3:12 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; 'Discussion of
Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: [dba-Tech] Troubleshooting network issues

One of my clients is apparently having network issues, i.e. starting just
this morning, suddenly the main database be is getting corrupted, as in more
than a dozen times today.  The common wisdom is that corrupted BEs is a
network issue - NICS, cables, switches, routers etc.  Does anyone have any
experience tracking down such a problem, any recommendations for tools that
would watch for intermittent network connections, troubleshooting
suggestions for trying to isolate the offending piece of the puzzle?
 
John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com


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