Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:27:49 -0700 From: "faisal" <fasi_74@yahoo.com> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>, "Mike Dorin" <bsd_mike@hotmail.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: finding if my nic is working or not Message-ID: <003d01c0c69a$9a1f7530$a86657ca@client2> References: <003401c0c631$f3210ae0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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How can i find that my card"in my case 3com earthlink 10 mbps ISA" is working or not .. cuase when i try to assingh is a ip addressvia ifconfig it hangs the whole system i have to restart the whole system then... another card on the same machine is working well thanks Faisal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Mike Dorin" <bsd_mike@hotmail.com>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 9:59 PM Subject: RE: Memory Tools for FreeBSD? > I've found that there's only one way to really know if your > memory is up to snuff - put it into a SIMM/DIMM tester. > Even then, all that will do is tell you that the memory > meets it's own specs - it won't tell you if the memory is > actually compatible with the system that you put it in. > > Failing that, what your doing (attempting to compile > programs) is a much better test than most of those > so-called "pc testing" programs like Checkit and so on. > I've seen plenty of systems that passed memory tests > but broke on FreeBSD. OS/2 is also a very good memory > tester - if you can't boot an OS/2 bootable floppy without > it trapping, then bad ram is definitely indicated. > > What most people do when suspecting bad ram is to take half > the chips out, retry the thing that caused it to crash, then > see if the problem is still there. If it is, then swap out those > chips with the half that you first took out and retry again > and see if the problem goes away. > > Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com > Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide > Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mike Dorin > >Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 2:30 PM > >To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: Memory Tools for FreeBSD? > > > > > >My new freebsd server crashes when I try to build things like ssh. > >I suspect it is a memory problem. Are there any tools that could > >help me exercise things like memory to be sure? > >-Mike > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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