Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 12:16:15 -0800 From: Rainer Enders <renders@erilab.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Rainer Enders <renders@erilab.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP FreeBSD Server just hangs. Message-ID: <199801042016.MAA10073@willow.erilab.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 22 Dec 1997 23:05:29 PST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.971222230430.7705M-100000@localhost>
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Hi Doug, thank you first of all for your reply. The NIC is configured correctly. In the meantime I was able to reproduce the error an nail it down. The mail server is connected to a Cabletron SmartSwitch 6000 to a 10/100 switched port. When I configure the Switchport on the Cabletron to fixed 10 MBit the server works fine in either half-duplex or full-duplex mode. When I set the switched port to 100 MBit either full or half-duplex I don't get a link up at all between the Switch and the PC. When I configure the Switchport to Autosensing the PC gets connected at 100 MBit half duplex - strange behavior anyhow. In this mode mail clients are unable to connect to the server. The connection times out. So I was thinking of a problem in the driver for the 3COM card in BSD. But maybe its a problem with the Switch? I would be interested to hear from people using FreeBSD 2.2.5 with the 3COM 3C905 NIC in 100 MBit mode. Best regards, Rainer Enders. > On Fri, 19 Dec 1997, Rainer Enders wrote: > > > I'm running 2.2.5 and have big problems with the machines which are > > servers connected to a Switching Hub. The machines just hang and I > > don't even get a login prompt. The machines are mail servers and > > if people try to get their mails they won't get it. > > They're dying on the DNS lookup, just hit control-C or wait a few minutes. > > > The machines have a 3COM NIC 3C905. Is there a newer version of driver? > > No. > > Do you have ifconfig_vx0 lines in /etc/rc.conf? You need to each them > what their network address is and such. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > -- Dipl.-Ing. Rainer Enders Senior Systems Engineer ---------------------------------------------------------- Ericsson Cyberlab | Voice: +1.650.853.4303 1555 Adams Drive | Mobile: +1.510.409.1365 Menlo Park, | Fax: +1.650.853.4333 CA 94025-1451 | Email: Rainer.Enders@erilab.com U.S.A | X.400: G=Rainer/S=Enders/OU1=EED/ | P=Ericsson/A=400net/C=SE Last not least: Our Web Site is at: http://www.erilab.com ----------------------------------------------------------
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