From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 28 22:38:07 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6EAF16A402 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:38:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dparussalla@baysidegrp.com.au) Received: from baysidegrp.com.au (gateway.baysidegrp.com.au [61.88.141.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1375013C49D for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:38:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dparussalla@baysidegrp.com.au) Received: (qmail 45203 invoked by uid 0); 1 Mar 2007 09:38:42 +1100 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 45187, pid: 45195, t: 0.0298s scanners: attach: 1.1.0 clamav: 0.88.7/m:42/d:2665 spam: 3.1.7 Received: from unknown (HELO dimuthu) (192.168.1.216) by baysidegrp with SMTP; 1 Mar 2007 09:38:41 +1100 From: "Dimuthu Parussalla" To: "'Greg Barniskis'" , "'Vivek Khera'" Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 09:38:22 +1100 Message-ID: <001801c75b89$276f20f0$d801a8c0@dimuthu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2377.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 In-Reply-To: <45E5FA49.8050509@scls.lib.wi.us> Importance: Normal Cc: 'FreeBSD Stable' Subject: RE: Intermittent network issues with Freebsd 6.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: dparussalla@baysidegrp.com.au List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:38:07 -0000 I had to disbale both bge nics to get the server going. Now I am running with twin em0 nics. Seems to be very stable for at least 9 days. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Greg Barniskis Sent: Thursday, 1 March 2007 8:55 AM To: Vivek Khera Cc: FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: Intermittent network issues with Freebsd 6.2 Vivek Khera wrote: > On our PE800, I had to disable the bge on BIOS and plug in an em-based > NIC card. Made a world of difference in system stability and > performance -- it is actually usable now :-) On our Dell PE2950 units, we had to do the same thing (disable and replace the Broadcom interfaces), and that was running Windows Server 2k3. The problem really seems to be flakiness of the chips or firmware, not necessarily flakiness in the drivers for FreeBSD. Maybe it's both, I don't know. My point is that Broadcom cards have had some serious problems on other platforms too, and not just recently. Other NIC brands have never given us nearly as much trouble. -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) , (608) 266-6348 _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"