Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:28:14 -0400 From: John Turner <john@johnturner.com> To: "Doug Poland" <doug@polands.org>, "John Turner" <john@drexeltech.com> Cc: "ListServer FreeBSD Questions" <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Cable modem ISP keeps timing out Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.0.20001013202444.00a9f5a0@mail.johnturner.com> In-Reply-To: <NDBBKMNOJKJGAEKJNLIAOEPLELAA.doug@polands.org> References: <4.3.2.7.0.20001013143556.00b235f8@mail.johnturner.com>
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At 07:58 PM 10/13/00, Doug Poland wrote: >Well, my connection dropped out about 15 minutes after >the RoadRunner tech when home for the weekend. > >I tried doing an #ifconfig ed0 down but it gave me >this message... > > natd[2523]: failed to write packet back (Network is down) I got that too. I ignored it, as taking the interface down will cause this. >ifconfig ed0 down does not appear to do anything. >When I do an ifconfig -ua immediately after, it still says >ed0 is up. > >A subsequent ifconfig ed0 up has no effect either. The only >way I can get the connection back is to reboot. There >must be another way, however. Oh well. The "down/up" on the interface worked for me, for whatever reason. I would take 10 minutes, call them, and add the MAC address for your ed0 NIC to their database. It can't hurt, and may keep you from spending several hours trying to diagnose something that may not be an issue. - John Turner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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