From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 10 14:19:40 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3FE916A41F for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:19:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m0rchand@comcast.net) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.152]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E389C13C459 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:19:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m0rchand@comcast.net) Received: from rmailcenter90.comcast.net ([204.127.197.190]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <20070710141939m12004tgdbe>; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:19:39 +0000 Received: from [157.174.221.254] by rmailcenter90.comcast.net; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:19:39 +0000 From: m0rchand@comcast.net (Tom Marchand) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:19:39 +0000 Message-Id: <071020071419.19392.4693957B0005F01E00004BC022068246930B020E080C9DCF03@comcast.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Oct 4 2006) X-Authenticated-Sender: bTByY2hhbmRAY29tY2FzdC5uZXQ= Subject: Re: (no subject) 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, 10 Jul 2007 14:19:40 -0000 -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: scuba@centroin.com.br > Hi all, > > I have a server in a host service that stopped this morning. After > a contact with the service support of them, I got the following answer to > the problem: > > [quote] > REBOOT SERVER > > Due to a failed switch replacement FreeBSD did not restore the network > link. This is a farly common issue with FreeBSD. > > I restarted the server and it should be back online shortly. > [end quote] > > It's a P4-3GHz, with the following, probably on-board, ether card: > vr0: port 0xcc00-0xccff mem > 0xfdffe000-0xfdffe0ff irq 23 at device 18.0 on pci0 > > Is this a really known problem? Is there anything I can do to > avoid reboot? > I have some (local) servers with FBSD and never had such problem. > > - Marcelo > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I've experienced this problem too. My ISP replaced a switch and my FBSD server never regained network connectivity. I had to logon via the console and reboot.