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Date:      Fri, 4 Feb 2000 16:16:02 +1000
From:      Phil Homewood <philh@mincom.com>
To:        "Peter L. Thomas" <Pete@painless-computing.com>
Cc:        "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: de0 OACTIVE, passes no traffic
Message-ID:  <20000204161602.K17492@mincom.com>
In-Reply-To: <00FECC197395D311B57A005004D90F0D02162C@www.painless-computing.com>; from Peter L. Thomas on Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 11:29:21AM -0500
References:  <00FECC197395D311B57A005004D90F0D02162C@www.painless-computing.com>

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Peter L. Thomas wrote:
> The "OACTIVE" flag on the de0 interface seems to have something to do with
> it according to my net research--but noone seems to have a cure.

Saw this a couple of days ago on a 2.2.8-STABLE box that has been
running without a glitch for a long time.

Don't know what caused it; OACTIVE basically seems to indicate
it's stuck in transmit. "ifconfig de0 down; ifconfig de0 up"
cleared OACTIVE and brought life back to the interface.
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