From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 27 7:50:10 2002 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 CE83F37B401 for ; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 07:50:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from colossus.systems.pipex.net (colossus.systems.pipex.net [62.241.160.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C664543EC5 for ; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 07:50:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stacey@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from [192.168.1.8] (81-86-129-77.dsl.pipex.com [81.86.129.77]) by colossus.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33BEC1600ABAD; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 15:50:05 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: Network timeouts??? From: Stacey Roberts Reply-To: stacey@vickiandstacey.com To: Gerard Samuel Cc: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <3E0C72A9.9000302@trini0.org> References: <3E0C72A9.9000302@trini0.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1041004206.68500.116.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 27 Dec 2002 15:50:06 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 15:32, Gerard Samuel wrote: > Im not really sure when the problem began, but I believe it was after > upgrading to 4.7-RELEASE-p2. > 2 of the boxes running 4.7-RELEASE-p2 which are also running with Intel > Pro 10/100B/100+ Ethernet cards, > are getting numerous timeouts in the logs. > > fxp0: device timeout > > When connecting to these boxes, the connections are sluggish, to the > point where I can type faster, that the command line can display. > All boxes are connected on a 100Mb network via an SMC EZ-Switch SMC > 6308TX switch. > The only thing that has changed in months, is software versions. > The problem seems sporadic. Can't seem to find out how or what is > causing the problem. > > Is/was there a problem with the fxp drivers, or can someone direct me as > to how one goes about to debug this problem. > > Thanks for any info you may provide... Hi Gerard, If you connect to the box via ssh, then you might want to try using the "-v" switch to ssh so as to get a more verbose output when connecting. It should display evidence as to where in the connection any delays are occurring as far as your sluggish connectivity is concerned. Do the cards themselves produce any information for you? Post some stats from the nics as returned from:- netstat -in netstat -s netstat -m At the least, you could try "bouncing" (ifconfig down / ifconfig up) the interfaces if the situation degrades dramatically. Hope this helps. Stacey -- Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message