From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 16 01:58:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 276FF16A420 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:58:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brent@jeneral.com) Received: from jeneral.com (216-19-202-150.getnet.net [216.19.202.150]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ADBC143D49 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:58:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brent@jeneral.com) Received: (qmail 62044 invoked from network); 16 Feb 2006 01:58:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mickey.jensenet.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.localdomain with SMTP; 16 Feb 2006 01:58:22 -0000 Received: (from vpopmail@localhost) by mickey.jensenet.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id k1G1w6Td062022; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:58:06 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from brent@jeneral.com) Message-Id: <200602160158.k1G1w6Td062022@mickey.jensenet.com> X-Authentication-Warning: mickey.jensenet.com: vpopmail set sender to brent@jeneral.com using -f References: <20060216003327.84264.qmail@web33307.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060216003327.84264.qmail@web33307.mail.mud.yahoo.com> From: "brent" To: danial_thom@yahoo.com Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:58:06 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ethernet Interface haywire ??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:58:23 -0000 Thanks--the server has em (intel gigabit) nics. Have you seen this on any= specific version of FreeBSD and *hopefully* not on others (e.g. RELENG_6_= 0)? Brent Danial Thom writes: > I've seen it happen when the ethernet device gets > a bus error and throws it into some strange > state. I've seen it mostly with on-board intel > devices (fxp), but thats what we use mostly so it > may not be part specific. > > DT > > --- brent wrote: > >> Has anyone run into this scenario where a BSD >> Box (RELENG_5_4) takes down >> the whole subnet for only FreeBSD boxes. >> Here=C3=A2=C2=80=C2=99s the scenario: One of my >> web servers goes into a crazy state which kills >> all traffic on the network >> for only FreeBSD boxes. Linux boxes can talk >> to other linux boxes, but >> FreeBSD boxes are dead. You can ping a FreeBSD >> box (from linux) but services >> such as SSH go half-way and never completely >> connect. Other services such as >> http don=C3=A2=C2=80=C2=99t work either. Rebooting that >> offending box fixes the problem. >> I=C3=A2=C2=80=C2=99ve seen this once it a great moon; however, >> it recently happened two >> days in a row. Any suggestions would be >> appreciated. I have other >> RELENG_5_4 and RELENG_6_0 boxes that don=C3=A2=C2=80=C2=99t >> seem to be the culprit, as well >> as an identical hardware box running >> RELENG_6_0. Thanks. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com