I've had my unRAID server set up and working for quite a while now, but I've just started having a problem.

 

My connection to it will intermittently die. Samba, http, ssh, doesn't matter what the protocol is, every couple of seconds it becomes Russian roulette as to if I can access it.

 

I've run netstat and it when the outtage occurs it does not show the connection attempts. The troubleshooting/faq pages of the wiki don't offer much help.

 

How do I troubleshoot/fix this?

 

Thanks,

=> Yoshi325

Do you have multiple computers on the same network switch that the unraid machine is on?

Do they also lose connection to each other/internet?

 

When I had this happen it was my switch that died.  But could be a bad cable or network card.

I do have multiple computers. They do not loose connection to each other or the internet.

I have another switch I can try, but it is odd that only my unRAID box would have these problems if the switch was dying.

I'll also swap out the cable, however the network port is on the motherboard, so I'll have to try and find a discrete card to swap in.

 

Any other ideas?

It could be that single port on the switch.  I have had that happen before.  try different ports on the switch and see if the problem moves to a different computer.

It could be that single port on the switch.  I have had that happen before.  try different ports on the switch and see if the problem moves to a different computer.

Yes. Mine turned out to be the entire switch, windows just seemed to handle the breif outtage beter than unraid.

Try a different port first or swap out the switch. Then try cables then nic

 

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Thanks for all the suggestions. Unfortunately it fixed itself. I hate it when things fix themselves. My unRAID box now maintains constant samba/ssh/http connections. Does this mean that I should mark this thread as Solved?