From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 26 06:09:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DDA316A4E1 for ; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 06:09:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=6X2wfK=CK=vvelox.net=vvelox@yourhostingaccount.com) Received: from mailout09.yourhostingaccount.com (mailout09.yourhostingaccount.com [65.254.253.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 840AB43D60 for ; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 06:09:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from SRS0=6X2wfK=CK=vvelox.net=vvelox@yourhostingaccount.com) Received: from scan04.yourhostingaccount.com ([10.1.1.234] helo=scan04.yourhostingaccount.com) by mailout09.yourhostingaccount.com with esmtp (Exim) id 1GGrMT-0004qA-NM for hardware@freebsd.org; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:09:41 -0400 Received: from authsmtp08.yourhostingaccount.com ([10.1.18.8] ident=exim) by scan04.yourhostingaccount.com with spamscanlookuphost (Exim) id 1GGrMT-0000u3-D1 for hardware@freebsd.org; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:09:41 -0400 Received: from authsmtp08.yourhostingaccount.com ([10.1.18.8] helo=authsmtp08.yourhostingaccount.com) by scan04.yourhostingaccount.com with esmtp (Exim) id 1GGrMR-0000tw-F0 for hardware@freebsd.org; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:09:39 -0400 Received: from [69.92.217.33] (helo=vixen42) by authsmtp08.yourhostingaccount.com with esmtpa (Exim) id 1GGrMQ-0005a4-U5; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:09:39 -0400 Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 01:09:34 -0500 From: "Z.C.B." To: "Daniel A." Message-ID: <20060826010934.60a560e2@vixen42> In-Reply-To: <44EB4839.8050304@dienub.org> References: <44EB4839.8050304@dienub.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.4.0 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_Orp8ANNsBsRS4936Lbef/8J"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-EN-UserInfo: f1c157ec5ebebd12a8182d58c6ceecd9:1570f0de6936c69fef9e164fffc541bc X-EN-AuthUser: vvelox3 Sender: "Z.C.B." Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good network card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 06:09:47 -0000 --Sig_Orp8ANNsBsRS4936Lbef/8J Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:08:57 +0200 "Daniel A." wrote: > Hi, > I am currently having a big deal of issues with the ethernet cards > on my server, as well as a possible motherboard problem. > This causes my server to reboot occasionally, but never in a > predictable pattern. A while back, the reboots only occured once > every two weeks - But now they're almost every other hour. I cant > take it anymore. >=20 > So, do you know if the "watchdog timeout"s caused by bad network > cards can cause a complete system crash/lockup/reboot? If yes, > shouldn't a kernel core be dumped? And if no kernel is dumped, does > it mean that the issue is potentially with my IDE controller or > harddrive? I noticed that, at a point where I had no internet > connection (And hence, my server was not used - but still turned > on), the server stayed up for 20 days straight without any issues > at all - So my #1 suspicion right now is my network cards. >=20 > sis0 (onboard ethernet, 100mbit) and rl0 (PCI card) in my server > right now are constantly having issues with their watchdog timeouts. >=20 > Considering that I am quite poor - What PCI ethernet cards should I > buy for my server? And could you suggest a cheap motherboard which > isn't bad too? I've been happy with my FXP and DC cards. The DC can also be found cheap as well. --Sig_Orp8ANNsBsRS4936Lbef/8J Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFE7+WgC1tfcMGJid4RAo/FAJ92n+Qsm7M6vzAmkCPpzUIkQNRewwCgoTnR wrkYID9vsyGpd9X9YuGPBQ4= =szJq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_Orp8ANNsBsRS4936Lbef/8J--