From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 16 8: 9: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA046151FD for ; Tue, 16 Nov 1999 08:08:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by iaces.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA04167; Tue, 16 Nov 1999 10:08:35 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199911161608.KAA04167@iaces.com> Subject: Re: Networking Stops Working To: alex@wnm.net (Alex Charalabidis) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 10:08:34 -0600 (CST) Cc: nschein@prisa.com (Nathaniel Schein), freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG (Freebsd Questions) In-Reply-To: from "Alex Charalabidis" at Nov 16, 1999 09:52:05 AM X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I had this on a 2.2.8 machine. Turns out that though it was set to 100/Full, the Cisco switch couldn't handle auto detect right, as a result I'd get Input errors on the NIC. Manuel setting of the cisco port fixed the problem. In a previous message, Alex Charalabidis said: > > On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Nathaniel Schein wrote: > > > I have an installation of FreeBSD 3.2 and the networking justs stops working > > from time to time. The server is not overloaded and the log files do not > > show a problem. The console works fine but when I try to ping there is no > > response. All remote connections are severed. I have to reboot to recover. > > This server is a NIS Master, Primary DNS, repository of home directories and > > runs AMD. Has anyone run into this problem before? > > > If it just "stops working" or throughput drops drastically for no apparent > reason, I'd suspect a dying NIC first. Have you tried changing network > cards? > > -ac > > > -- > ============================================================== > Alex Charalabidis (AC8139) 5050 Poplar Ave, Ste 170 > Systems Administrator Memphis, TN 38157 > WebNet Memphis (901) 432 6000 > ============================================================== > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- First, he was "Above the Law" Next we found he was "Marked for Death" Then he became "Hard to Kill" Gloriously, he rode "Out for Justice" Now Steven Segal is... "Under Siege". To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message