Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 18:27:11 +0200 From: Pierre Dupond <76nemo76@gmx.ch> To: MJ <mafsys1234@gmail.com> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lost net connection Message-ID: <20190830182711.0ea2cea55d51c940ae4b81e6@gmx.ch> In-Reply-To: <127b3725-3eeb-6f67-0e38-d53214975b7a@gmail.com> References: <20190830090009.552198444e8f4d432be42c4a@gmx.ch> <20190830103646.77c8d199.freebsd@edvax.de> <20190830122818.d6d0b9f572a2afef1accd487@gmx.ch> <127b3725-3eeb-6f67-0e38-d53214975b7a@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 23:36:38 +1000 MJ <mafsys1234@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 30/08/2019 8:28 pm, Pierre Dupond wrote: > > Thanks for the answer. > > > > Here are some more detail about the hardware (it's an Intel card). > > > > I have done this modification in the file > > "/boot/loader.conf" > > > > # > > #Increase the memory allocated for the network card > > #driver. Useful/necessary to take in account > > #the 4 network card (instead of one). > > #See this link: > > # https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/hardware/tuning-and= -troubleshooting-network-cards.html > > #for some explanations. > > # > > kern.ipc.nmbclusters=3D"131072" > > > > This message is displayed continuously on console when the network is = unreachable: > > Jul 29 14:56:42 oche kernel: igb0: TX(0) desc avail =3D 1024, pidx =3D= 0 > > Jul 29 14:57:13 oche syslogd: last message repeated 18 times > > Jul 29 14:57:48 oche syslogd: last message repeated 20 times > > > It may very well be: > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D239240 Effectively I have the same symptoms as those described in the bug report. In my case it is annoying but not too much since this machine is a server which should be always up and always connected. I have discovered the problem since it still in the installation procedure when the switch where it is connected is sometime switched off. I would be happy however if a patch is published.
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