From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Mar 23 19:30:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from host07.rwsystems.net (kasie.rwsystems.net [209.197.192.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F316F14CD3 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 1999 19:30:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jwyatt@RWSystems.net) Received: from kasie.rwsystems.net([209.197.192.103]) (1629 bytes) by host07.rwsystems.net via sendmail with P:esmtp/R:bind_hosts/T:inet_zone_bind_smtp (sender: ) id for ; Tue, 23 Mar 1999 21:26:11 -0600 (CST) (Smail-3.2.0.104 1998-Nov-20 #1 built 1998-Dec-24) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 21:26:10 -0600 (CST) From: James Wyatt To: =?X-UNKNOWN?Q?Ronald_Wiplinger_=28=C3Q=A4=AF=AF=C7=29?= Cc: "freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Ethernet card problem In-Reply-To: <36F840C1.990522CC@trace.net.tw> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=big5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-ID: Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Ronald Wiplinger (ÃQ¤¯¯Ç) wrote: > I got finally the second Intel Ether express Ethernet card and have > installed it. It does not show up any error, but the system still hangs > within 12 hours, if the ETINC bandwidth manager is running. (otherwise > the second Ethernet card is not used anyway.) What if you disable using the b/w mgr for a while and run unlimited; turn it back on after seeing if you can run longer without it. I've also had enough troubles with various network cards and drivers to suggest trying a pair of 3Com or some other vendor as an experiment as well. Don't laugh, I would also check the power supply as I've had suprising results from slightly off-spec ones! Check it at the motherboard connector pins. Servers with several network cards, drives, and memory frequently load power supplies more than they were designed for. A couple of suggestions - Jy@ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message