[DRBD-user] problem with connection dropping

[Tom Brown]

On Monday 06 August 2007 13:58, Jérôme Augé wrote:
> Try disabling auto-negotiation, and force both cards in 100baseT/Full
> with ethtool, or by specifying speed and duplex parameter when loading
> the e1000 module (see Documentation/networking/e1000.txt in your Linux
> kernel source tree). If it's stable at 100, then try forcing both
> cards at 1000.

I think you are on to something here. I didn't follow your instructions 
exactly, but the nodes are syncing right now. I ran 

ethtool -s speed 100 duplex full

on both nodes and they were syncing when I checked /proc/drbd. I didn't 
disable the auto-negotiation so they are running at 1000 Mbps. However, the 
command seemed to wake them up somehow. I'm guessing the connection will fail 
again after a day or so. Then I can follow your instructions correctly.

Thanks!
Tom