From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 13 12:35:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA17834 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 12:35:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA17825 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 12:35:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id MAA02476; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 12:35:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 12:35:42 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Narana Kannappan cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems in 2.2.2 In-Reply-To: <199711120004.QAA18167@nkannapp-ss20.cisco.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 11 Nov 1997, Narana Kannappan wrote: > I keep loosing network connectivity in 2.2.2. > I installed it using the Walnut Creek CD rom that I purchased. > > Let me explain further, I have a 3com 10/100 card connected > to my office via an Asend ISDN box. Whenever the > system comes up, I get network connectivity, i.e, > I can ping systems on the other side of my ISDN connection. > However, after sometime, I cant reach any of the machines ! Try doing ifconfig vx0 down; ifconfig vx0 up and see if that restores the connection. Also try disabling routed if you don't need it. > Do you, without loss of generality, recommend that I upgrade to 2.2.5? > :-) That's a good idea. > If I had to do that, what is the best method, given that I may be > able to get full Internet connectivity only for a brief period of time > ? Buy the CDROM. :-) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major