From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 28 12:11:46 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 93E7D37B401 for ; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 12:11:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from shockwave.systems.pipex.net (shockwave.systems.pipex.net [62.241.160.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6009043EB2 for ; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 12:11:40 -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 shockwave.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70807160016E4; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 20:11:38 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: Network timeouts??? From: Stacey Roberts Reply-To: stacey@vickiandstacey.com To: Gerard Samuel Cc: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <3E0DF2AE.7060702@trini0.org> References: <3E0C72A9.9000302@trini0.org> <1041004206.68500.116.camel@localhost> <3E0C91F0.3000102@trini0.org> <1041012776.68500.128.camel@localhost> <3E0C9D2E.3000704@trini0.org> <1041015112.68500.144.camel@localhost> <3E0CAA8B.4050005@trini0.org> <1041017922.68500.149.camel@localhost> <3E0DF2AE.7060702@trini0.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1041106300.68500.155.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 28 Dec 2002 20:11:42 +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 Sat, 2002-12-28 at 18:51, Gerard Samuel wrote: > Well after almost 24 hours later, here is what happened... > Shortly after your last post, the situation got worse. I tried banging > the switch with a screwdriver, and that was it. > No more switch. The link light kept flashing, so I knew it was pretty > much dead. > Just so happens, that its a Friday evening, and banks were closed, > credit card is maxed out from Christmas, so > I had to endure a dead network till today. > Got me a brand new switch from Circuit City, and all seems to be well in > the universe. No more errors... > Thanks for all the help... Sound like one for the "Tales of the Sysadmin" :-) Happy to hear that thing have settled down there. Grab some rest, Dude! Regards, Stacey > > Stacey Roberts wrote: > > >On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 19:31, Gerard Samuel wrote: > > > > > >>Stacey Roberts wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>So both nic believe themselves to be running okay (as shown in their > >>>respective Oerr counts being 0 each - translation: the nics are fine as > >>>they are able to send all packets okay. Its only in receiving data that > >>>they're returning errors on the link. > >>> > >>>I'd suggest that you have a look at the switch itself as well. I know > >>>that this is a desktop switch (read non-enterprise) that is different to > >>>most others in this class as its got *no* cooling fans (hence that bump > >>>on the top). As such, depending on how you hammer this device, there is > >>>the chance of it over-heating. This, of course, is also dependant on > >>>where its actually located as well. > >>> > >>>It does have some link / speed / duplex indicator LED's on the front > >>>that can be useful. As well as checking the cabling into the switch, see > >>>if swapping the cables to available ports (except the uplink partner!) > >>>and see if this makes any difference. > >>> > >>>I remember one of the guys on my team at work got the Linksys peer to > >>>this switch and rubbished it within 3 weeks due to the switch locking up > >>>under sustained (4+ hours) heavy load transfers at his section lan > >>>point. > >>> > >>>Let us know how you get on, and what new information you might have for > >>>us. > >>> > >>>Regards, > >>> > >>>Stacey > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>I've had this switch running pretty much non-stop since last Feburary. > >> Its been great for my needs thus far. One of the boxes is running > >>Samba/CVS/www, and it sees quite a bit of traffic. Whether its on its > >>last leg, that remains to be seen. > >>Better get on the phone with tech support before they close for the weekend. > >>But I still think its cables. Because Im writing this email from a > >>laptop thats also connected to the switch, and here are its details -> > >>{gsam@laptop}-{~} > ifconfig ed1 [27 Dec > >>2:22pm] > >>ed1: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > >> inet 192.168.0.5 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > >> ether 00:50:ba:7a:f0:a3 > >> media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) > >> status: active > >> > >>{gsam@laptop}-{~} > netstat -in [27 Dec > >>2:15pm] > >>Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs > >>Coll > >>lo0 16384 0 0 0 > >>0 0 > >>lo0 16384 127 127.0.0.1 0 - 0 > >>- - > >>ed1 1500 00:50:ba:7a:f0:a3 44116 6 35805 > >>0 0 > >>ed1 1500 192.168.0 192.168.0.5 44049 - 35773 > >>- - > >> > >>No errors there. Maybe, Ill just make up some new cables, make sure, no > >>"wall warts" are near them, and see how it goes over the weekend. > >>If its still problematic, then Ill get the switch replaced. > >> > >> > > > >Actually, there *are* 6 occurrences under Ierrs here :-( > > > >Seeing that you're actually on that switch (using a different port to > >the other FBSD boxes referenced earlier), then I'd also look hard that > >the uplink cabling as well - seeing that would be the one length of wire > >that's common to all hosts off the switch. > > > >Good luck with this anyways.., Oh the joys of making patch cable!!!!! > > > >Regards, > > > >Stacey > > > > > > > >>Thanks for the help you've provided, and Ill let you know how it goes... > >> > >> -- 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