From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 14 16:13:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 140F816A4D2 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:13:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D6DC43D2F for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:13:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from geekout@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 67so95696wri for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 08:13:45 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=Cotfskyjd8FGAM7UGq4L9gbbfc/pEhkC1nbpqBw51EOuY1Qp2T0vYoB5HVtC3c1ffTKJpqzDOEpx+T1UTSDbReUnt6//sE9loECLUSnYZhygCVZ97ZxKWgQ4vsgZG6HHUtiBhsA1sZWSJQyHmsa/1WHQlssNVhBPXDa884TauGA= Received: by 10.54.27.79 with SMTP id a79mr2568575wra; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 08:13:45 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.46.34 with HTTP; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 08:13:45 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <6e01203b04121408131256653e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:13:45 -0700 From: Tyler Gee To: Wouter van Rooij In-Reply-To: <7603e5d80412140321414739a9@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <200412131852.48322.probertm@acm.org> <7603e5d80412140321414739a9@mail.gmail.com> cc: Mark Probert cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Network config issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Tyler Gee List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:13:47 -0000 Unless you plan on using it you are safe to remove it from the kernel. If you have never recompiled a kernel that is a good thing to first test it on. On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:21:14 +0000, Wouter van Rooij wrote: > > Hi .. > > > > I am not sure if this is a newbie's question or not. > > > > I am running a new i386 5.3 release install. Everything is coming up fine. > > After a period of time, it varies, I will lose the ability to ping my router, > > though I can get to other hosts that I know about. The router is fine, as > > the other machines can access the WAN. The NIC is Ok, the cable, switch and > > router are all OK. > > > > When the loss happens, if I do a 'netstat -r' I get hung up on the IPv6 part. > > I think that IPv6 is turned off (nothing in rc.conf). > > > > Can anyone point me in the right direction? > > Try to run /stand/sysinstall. > Go to configure and then networking and then interfaces. > Pick the interface of your networkcard and it asks: > Do you want to try IPv6 configuration of the interface? > Then try Yes. > If this doesn't work your server doesn't support it I guess > > Wouter van Rooij > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >