From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 22 18:09:07 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3580D16A4E0 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:09:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alive@dienub.org) Received: from pfepb.post.tele.dk (pfepb.post.tele.dk [195.41.46.236]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D27D743D46 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:09:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from alive@dienub.org) Received: from m00h.dienub.org (dienub.org [83.88.67.155]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F4AEA50044 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:09:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (unknown [192.168.0.2]) by m00h.dienub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 687DC1CC0B for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:09:05 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <44EB4839.8050304@dienub.org> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:08:57 +0200 From: "Daniel A." User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Good network card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:09:07 -0000 Hi, I am currently having a big deal of issues with the ethernet cards on my server, as well as a possible motherboard problem. This causes my server to reboot occasionally, but never in a predictable pattern. A while back, the reboots only occured once every two weeks - But now they're almost every other hour. I cant take it anymore. So, do you know if the "watchdog timeout"s caused by bad network cards can cause a complete system crash/lockup/reboot? If yes, shouldn't a kernel core be dumped? And if no kernel is dumped, does it mean that the issue is potentially with my IDE controller or harddrive? I noticed that, at a point where I had no internet connection (And hence, my server was not used - but still turned on), the server stayed up for 20 days straight without any issues at all - So my #1 suspicion right now is my network cards. sis0 (onboard ethernet, 100mbit) and rl0 (PCI card) in my server right now are constantly having issues with their watchdog timeouts. Considering that I am quite poor - What PCI ethernet cards should I buy for my server? And could you suggest a cheap motherboard which isn't bad too? In advance, thanks a lot.