Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 06:34:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: Alexander <arap@oduurl.ru> Cc: Ben Hacker Jr <strbenjr@yahoo.com>, list DC-FBSD <fug-washdc@Sytex.Net>, questions FBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Stable FBSD <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Ben Hacker Jr <bhacker1@csc.com> Subject: Re: Router "ep2" issue Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008040632250.95225-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <398A3814.FF8C39F6@oduurl.ru>
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On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Alexander wrote:
> Ben Hacker Jr wrote:
> >
> > Hello all...
> >
> > I built a router about six months back and it has been
> >
> > working pretty good except that sometimes I will lose
> > connectivity to the subnet on one of the ports (ep2).
> >
> > I lost connectivity again today and tried to figure
> > out what
> > was going wrong. I don't know how to tell if it is
> > caused
> > by hardware or my configuration.
>
> Same problem with "ep" drivers:
> - 4x3com579(EISA) in i486DX50
> - 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD
> - cured "ifconfig down/up"
> I suppose a ethernet problems
> Problems disapear when I disconnect new station with unnamed network
> card
Do these problems happen during thunderstorms, perchance?
One of my coworkers recently turned me on to the fact that the
ethernet standard requires that the NICs, and all components of the
network, be properly grounded (no, not just to the box chassis) to be
reliable. Of course, no one really does this, and most of the time
you can get away without it, but sometimes you can't.
Regards,
Chris BeHanna
behanna@zbzoom.net
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