Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 09:37:02 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Wayne Swart <fixx@fixx.co.za> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: disconnecting box Message-ID: <3E35440E.3000906@potentialtech.com> References: <20030127131309.C260-100000@gemini.fixx.co.za>
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Wayne Swart wrote: > Hi everyone > > I have a freebsd 4.7 box that keeps disconnecting for no reason. It simply > just disconnects from the internet and if i do a ifconfig dc0 down and > then ifconfig dc0 up, it comes back up again You know, I saw this once a few years ago. The problem was a crappy NIC and the solution was to replace it. > i have tried 3 different network cards. if i use a 10mbit card it doesn't > happen, but on a 100mb card it lasts like 3 hours and then falls over What about the third NIC? It sounds like the 100mb card is problematic. > i took a look at /var/log/messages but it shows nothing Neither did I. I think the problem was a hardware level that the kernel wasn't able to detect. > if anyone knows anything about this please let me know, i have to get it > fixed, but i do not even know where to begin If the 10mb card works, why not just use it? -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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