From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 23 02:14:31 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C24E1065674 for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:14:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kalin@el.net) Received: from mail.el.net (mail.el.net [98.113.181.228]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B04418FC1D for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:14:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 85128 invoked by uid 1008); 23 Nov 2010 03:28:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO kalins-macbook-pro.local) (kalin@el.net@98.113.181.226) by mail.el.net with ESMTPA; 23 Nov 2010 03:28:19 -0000 Message-ID: <4CEB2385.1010300@el.net> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:14:29 -0500 From: kalin m User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101027 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Julian Elischer , freebsd-net@freebsd.org References: <4CEAF306.2090705@el.net> <4CEAFBF3.1040408@freebsd.org> <4CEB0226.1020407@el.net> <4CEB0DFA.4030500@freebsd.org> <4CEB15D7.6020303@el.net> <4CEB1C58.7070306@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4CEB1C58.7070306@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: card sleeping X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:14:31 -0000 On 11/22/10 8:43 PM, Julian Elischer wrote: > On 11/22/10 5:16 PM, kalin m wrote: >> >> >> On 11/22/10 7:42 PM, Julian Elischer wrote: >>> On 11/22/10 3:52 PM, kalin m wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> thanks... got the ttyv8 off... >>>> >>>> any idea about the temporary network loss? >>> >>> not without more info... >>> >>> it might be you machine or the switch it's attached to.. >>> you may also have a clash with another machine somewhere with the >>> same IP address. >> i forgot to mention one important thing... i can always ping the >> machine from within the same network. so it seems that it's not >> really the machine itself. the theory about the switch could be - >> except all the other machines that are on the same network do not >> have that problem. they are always pingable from the outside, even >> when the machine in question is not. >> >> and of course there is no other machine with the same ip on that >> network. i did check... >> > so have you left tcpbump running on the machine looking at the > interface in question? > > tcpdump -i XX0 -p icmp > this should tell you if it's the incoming or outgoing packets that are > getting lost. i did similar stuff. but the thing is it's not only icmp. it's tcp too. basically the machine is unreachable form the outside in any given time. until i ssh into it from inside. http is not responding either. and if i leave the dcpdump dumping - detached from the terminal - it might run out of space.... thanks... > > >> thanks.... >> >> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 11/22/10 6:25 PM, Julian Elischer wrote: >>>>> On 11/22/10 2:47 PM, kalin m wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> hi all.. >>>>>> >>>>>> recently i had to change the static ip on a machine here at work. >>>>>> nothing wrong with that. what's happening with this new ip >>>>>> (different network) is that for short periods of time sometimes >>>>>> the machine is unpingable. until i try to login ssh. as soon as i >>>>>> do that the ping and the rest of network activity resumes - http. >>>>>> >>>>>> that didn't use to happen on the previous network. the only >>>>>> change was the network information. also a bunch of other >>>>>> machines changed at the same time and none of the others present >>>>>> the same situation. >>>>>> >>>>>> the only entry in the log is: >>>>>> init: can't exec getty '/usr/local/bin/xdm' for port /dev/ttyv8: >>>>>> No such file or directory >>>>> >>>>> delete or turn off the line in /etc/ttys for ttyv8 >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> (if somebody would explain what this is, that would help too. >>>>>> since xdm is not really in use and i can't find anything that >>>>>> would be calling xdm.) >>>>>> >>>>>> not sure if this has any importance but the card itself is >>>>>> BCM5750A1 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express according to >>>>>> pciconf. >>>>>> >>>>>> the machine is 7.2 release. >>>>>> >>>>>> where do i look? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> thanks... >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net >>>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>>>> "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >