Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 01:09:34 -0500 From: "Z.C.B." <vvelox@vvelox.net> To: "Daniel A." <alive@dienub.org> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good network card? Message-ID: <20060826010934.60a560e2@vixen42> In-Reply-To: <44EB4839.8050304@dienub.org> References: <44EB4839.8050304@dienub.org>
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--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." <alive@dienub.org> 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--
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