Linux server packet loss - stopped occassionally

[Swapana Ghosh]

Hi 

         Few days we are having problem with one of
our clients's server(linux 7.1)...
Within last few days, we had to reboot the server
atleast 12 times...

         When the server stopped to work - we are
checking the *traceroute*..
We are getting that after prceeding upto 10/12 hubs
the server is not sending the package... We contacted
their server maintainance engineers , they are telling
that they have no problem with the router
/network...They are maintaining  so many
servers - if they have problem with router/network
then others' servers should have been also
under same condition!!!

         Now their engieers without rebooting the
server just did as follows:

#ifconfig eth0 down
#ifconfig eth0 up
#route add default gw 216.240.145.1

         Then the server started working....

Here is the servers ifcfg-eth0 file cofiguration

DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=216.240.145.47
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=216.240.145.1

Can anybody help me out to diagnose the problem?

Thanks in advance.
-Swapna

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