From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 25 23:56:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 563B516A41C for ; Sat, 25 Jun 2005 23:56:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost2.sentex.ca (smarthost2.sentex.ca [205.211.164.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F1E343D1D for ; Sat, 25 Jun 2005 23:56:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from BLUELAPIS.sentex.ca (cage.simianscience.com [64.7.134.1]) by smarthost2.sentex.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3) with SMTP id j5PNuSmd033863; Sat, 25 Jun 2005 19:56:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) From: Mike Tancsa To: Greg Rowe Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 19:56:52 -0400 Message-ID: References: <1119700445.017683.11575.nullmailer@cicuta.babolo.ru> <200506250848.04719.greg@qwest.net> In-Reply-To: <200506250848.04719.greg@qwest.net> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.51 on 205.211.164.50 Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking For Ideas or Suggestions 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: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 23:56:30 -0000 On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 08:48:04 -0400, in sentex.lists.freebsd.net you wrote: > >The interface just stops accepting input packets for 10-15 seconds and = then=20 >starts up again. A ping from one system on the same LAN to the problem = system=20 >shows that the interface stops receiving packets. It appears, using = tcpdump=20 >and ethereal, that I can still see traffic on the interface during the=20 >freeze. Are you sure the port is not blocking due to spanning tree ? On the catalyst, try and add some debugging options to see whats going on. Specifically, debug spanning all. When you see packets with TCPDUMP, what are the packets you see during the "freeze" ? What are the config options you have on the switch port ? Can you do an ifconfig -au ---Mike -------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, Sentex communications http://www.sentex.net Providing Internet Access since 1994 mike@sentex.net, (http://www.tancsa.com)