From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 27 02:00:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94B27106564A for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:00:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout021.mac.com (asmtpout021.mac.com [17.148.16.96]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 810418FC0A for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:00:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.227.140.124]) by asmtp021.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.03 (built Aug 7 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KFP0007U9FQT380@asmtp021.mac.com> for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:59:50 -0800 (PST) From: Chuck Swiger To: Shawn Everett In-reply-to: <3650.206.108.16.89.1235691792.squirrel@alder.hosix.com> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: <3650.206.108.16.89.1235691792.squirrel@alder.hosix.com> Message-id: <75910EA0-9E49-4FA1-A9BA-A4D2A6CB7E0C@mac.com> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:59:49 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Router Problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:00:04 -0000 On Feb 26, 2009, at 3:43 PM, Shawn Everett wrote: > Here's a weird one... I set up FreeBSD 5.2 to act as a router. [ ... ] > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. Try upgrading to a supported version of the OS, first, then work on debugging any deadlocks if they still reoccur. Early 5.x versions were a little rocky. I seem to recall that 5.2 would experience deadlocks against ATA harddrives that would cause a system lockup, and that a errata release (5.2.1) was quickly put out to help fix those issues. 6.4 is much more stable by comparison... Regards, -- -Chuck