From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 29 10:33:56 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 884B216A4D0 for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:33:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay.pair.com (relay.pair.com [209.68.1.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B6FD643D3F for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:33:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from silby@silby.com) Received: (qmail 43669 invoked from network); 29 Dec 2003 18:33:53 -0000 Received: from niwun.pair.com (HELO localhost) (209.68.2.70) by relay.pair.com with SMTP; 29 Dec 2003 18:33:53 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 209.68.2.70 Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:33:52 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Silbersack To: Tim Pushor In-Reply-To: <3FF05943.8040205@crossthread.com> Message-ID: <20031229122947.N62022@odysseus.silby.com> References: <3FF05943.8040205@crossthread.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3rd nic's a charm? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:33:56 -0000 On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Tim Pushor wrote: > I have recently added another network at home, and wanted to add another > interface to the box, so I added another 509b and the box became > unstable. It would work, then hang, then work etc. The thing just > rebooted itself a few minutes ago. Is the new NIC sharing an irq with some other device? Also, when you say that it hangs, is it hanging or crashing? If it's actually hanging, then it may be useful to add DDB to your kernel and hit ctrl-alt-esc to see if you can successfully break into the kernel debugger during one of these hangs. Mike "Silby" Silbersack