Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 00:57:54 -0500 (CDT) From: Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com> To: andrew@pubnix.net Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange behaviour of ep0 in 2.2.5 Message-ID: <199807210557.AAA07859@home.dragondata.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980721000850.28658A-100000@guardian.fortress.org> from Andrew Webster at "Jul 21, 98 00:11:07 am"
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> > Ok before you guys say upgrade, here's the scoop. > > 2.2.5-Stable running as a news server with full feed on a T1 line. > After 80 days, the interface (ep0) went down, ifconfig ep0 down; ifconfig > ep0 up broght the system back to life. > Again at 112 days, same thing. > Yep, the 'ep' driver is definately buggy. :) You'll see things such as: 1) Load average getting higher and higher, while user cpu % getting smaller. 2) Connections randomly getting stuck 3) The card randomly dying, like what you saw ifconfig ep0 down ; ifconfig ep0 up fixes the problem in most cases. Until they can work around the bug, you can go to most big computer stores and get a de0 compatible NetGear FA310TX card for $29.95 (100MB full duplex) I'm still phasing my ep cards out.. the performance difference is astonishing. Kevin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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