Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 09:00:18 -0400 From: "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca> To: "Mario Lobo" <lobo@bsd.com.br> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Weird turnoff Message-ID: <fc9204e331890980ff00a571fe6bdc4f.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> In-Reply-To: <mailman.86.1507032002.27169.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> References: <mailman.86.1507032002.27169.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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We had a couple of servers assembled in-house from components which
exhibited this behaviour. We eventually traced it back to a BIOS
setting that would power down the NIC after a significant period
without traffic. Apparently this is a power saving feature of some
BIOS intended for use on mobile platforms.
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