Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:09:10 +1030 From: Martin Minkus <diskiller@diskiller.net> To: <fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca>, <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 5.3-Stable network issue Message-ID: <BE31A826.18AE9%diskiller@diskiller.net> In-Reply-To: <63088.24.71.128.63.1108041953.squirrel@24.71.128.63>
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On 10/2/2005 23:55, "Freddie Cash" <fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> wrote: >> I seem to have been having a rather strange networking issue in >> FreeBSD 5.3-Stable (it started happening immediately after 5.2.1 and >> has persisted since.. I keep ³hoping² that next time I cvsup it will >> be fixed, but no). > >> I downgraded back to 5.2.1-p13 and it is perfectly fine once again. > >> *** Some background information: > >> My FreeBSD box is my home NAT router, server, firewall, etc. It does >> DHCP, MX for some of my domains, secondary DNS (I got primary >> elsewhere), apache for some webhosting, blah blah blah. Nothing >> really special. It is a Dual PIII-500, 512mb ram, and a couple ATA >> hdd¹s. Had 3 realtek network interfaces, but down to 2 now. > > Any chance of using non-RealTek cards? They are notorious for > performing poorly at the best of times. > > My laptop has one of these internally, and every now and then it'll > drop the connection. Usually with an error about an oversize frame > being discarded. An "ifconfig down" "ifconfig up" will fix the issue. > > Enabling polling support (either via the kernel config option > DEVICE_POLLING or the sysctl) helps some. > > The best solution, though, is to get better NICs. > > For run, read the man page for rl(4) and the comments in the rl > source. Quite enlightening about the "issues" the RealTek chipsets > have. :) Yeah, I've thought about it. But I got no non realtek cards on me, so I'd have to buy them. And there's always a chance this has nothing to do with network cards or the driver (after all, it has worked flawlessly for me since the FreeBSD 3.x days). I am wondering if it is related to my motherboard, or something else? I have a Epox dual cpu board... K something, I'd have to dig it up. Perhaps there is some issue with that, causing the kernel to do funny things? What will enabling polling support do? Martin.home | help
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