From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 8 22:20:28 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0363106566C for ; Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:20:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galvez@virginia.edu) Received: from d-137-145-98.bootp.virginia.edu (d-137-145-98.bootp.Virginia.EDU [137.54.145.98]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 301C08FC08 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:20:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by d-137-145-98.bootp.virginia.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 62EB61542751; Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:19:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:19:33 -0500 From: Mike Galvez To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100208191933.GD974@virginia.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Operating-System: Darwin User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Subject: Need help troubleshooting NIC X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:20:28 -0000 Over the weekend one my servers went down due to extended power failure. The file system reports clean, but something has gone sideways with networking. The server is a Dell 2950 running 7.0 release, and it's been working fine for well over a year. It uses the BCE driver. Ifconfig shows it to be up and active and configured with the correct IP, mask and gateway, but I can't ping anything. I've tested the ethernet connection with a nearby machine and it works. I also booted the 2950 from an Ubuntu live CD and the NIC worked, so i don't think it's a hardware issue. Is there a way I can rebuild the driver without having to rebuild the kernel? -- Michael Galvez Information Technology Specialist University of Virginia