From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 4 21:52:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D263B106566B for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 21:52:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joel@vnode.se) Received: from mail.vnode.se (mail.vnode.se [62.119.52.82]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B7E08FC18 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 21:52:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joel@vnode.se) Received: from iMac.local (pgw.vnode.se [77.110.37.134]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.vnode.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 89EAAE9F42C; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 23:52:53 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4A78ADB4.7@vnode.se> Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:52:52 +0200 From: Joel Dahl User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Macintosh/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adam Vande More References: <4A7753A0.7040006@vnode.se> <4ad871310908031553i7c69708fv9d162514816c3e10@mail.gmail.com> <4a77db85.YjBDPg0yifmYRuT9%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <6201873e0908041138g253b9dctcc0827f91f21c862@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6201873e0908041138g253b9dctcc0827f91f21c862@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: glen.j.barber@gmail.com, perryh@pluto.rain.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: [Solved] Re: Weird networking issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:52:56 -0000 Adam Vande More skrev: > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:56 AM, wrote: > >> Glen Barber wrote: >>> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Joel Dahl wrote: >> [snip description of network flakiness on one server, out >> of several on the same switch behind the same gateway] >> >>>> Any ideas? :-) >>>> >>> I have 2: >>> 1.) Bad NIC >>> 2.) Bad CPU >> 3. Bad cable from NIC to switch >> 4. Bad switch port >> >> These may not be all that likely, but they're easy to test if >> you have even a marginally-competent tech available at the site. >> >> I had similar behavior about a years ago. I also had a not very frequent( > < once a week) sporadic reboot issue during it. I replaced the RAM and it's > not had the issue anymore. I may have rebuilt world too... The on-site techs ran the Dell diagnostics tests and the Broadcom test (for the NIC) but was unable to find any hw errors. So, they finally replaced the cable and connected it to another switch port. And now everything seems to be working. I've been doing some tests for a few hours, but I can't get the machine to crap out again. Looking good so far... :-) -- Joel