I have had trouble with a pi, basically high usb traffic can cause the ethernet controler to drop out. I have a 20 port usb 2 hub plugged into the pi, and it will run for a while then randomly the ethernet driver starts getting errors and drops out.
This is a known issue with the pi, something to do with voltage drops. In any event i ended up using a spare old pc and throwing centos on it. USB issues gone
Ive tried doing firmware updates on the pi, and there is a kernel boot option for the nic but these make no difference.
Sounds like that could very well be the issue I'm having... The appeal to me of using the Pi is the ridiculously low power consumption, compared to triple figure wattage for even a basic desktop PC. I've got an N54L which could be another option if I get tired of messing about with my Pi...This is a known issue with the pi, something to do with voltage drops. In any event i ended up using a spare old pc and throwing centos on it. USB issues gone
Ive tried doing firmware updates on the pi, and there is a kernel boot option for the nic but these make no difference.
I might just set up another cron job on the Pi to ping Google or something like that, then reboot if it fails...