Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 11:11:50 +0200 From: Jens Rehsack <rehsack@informatik.uni-halle.de> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: connection problem: FreeBSD Computer does not respond Message-ID: <38EC54D6.98D24BC4@informatik.uni-halle.de> References: <38EA7F40.FE128093@informatik.uni-halle.de> <20000404172309.V20770@fw.wintelcom.net> <SEN.954893799.608841469@news.sentex.net> <38eab248.7085097@mail.sentex.net> <4.2.2.20000405074454.0368cdf8@mail.sentex.net> <4.2.2.20000405210130.036af008@mail.sentex.net>
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Mike Tancsa schrieb:
>
> At 02:18 AM 4/6/2000 +0200, Jens Rehsack wrote:
>
> >But since today morning I let the machine ping it's right neighbor(?).
> >It works uninterrupted.
> >But yesterday I tries to ping the machine if it doesn't send packets out
> >by itself and it does not response.
> >
> >To say it again:
> >1) If I boot the machine, it will not answer, but the NIC
> >gets/recognizes the packets.
> >2) If I send some data out (f.e. echo request, ns lookup), the machine
> >answers packets for ca. 3 hours.
> >3) Then it seems to be dead from world, but a look to the console shows:
> >it's alive.
> >4) GoTo 2 ':-)
>
> Well, my money would be something with the NIC. Perhaps it doesnt set its
> media type correctly or its busted ? I dont know, but I would suspect it,
> or the driver perhaps. Do you have another type of network card you can
> try ? I am not familiar with the vx driver or how well it performs. I
> generally stick to the Intel Etherexpress Pro and plain old NE2000 PCIs
> when I need something very cheap.
:-) It's an EISA based motherboard. I will try an ISA based card.
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Jens Rehsack --- <rehsack@informatik.uni-halle.de>
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