From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Jun 10 22:10: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from inc.net (mailhost.inc.net [204.95.160.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 377EE14D94 for ; Thu, 10 Jun 1999 22:09:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from steve@inc.net) Received: from inc.net (ess.phreak.net [207.250.97.69]) by inc.net (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id AAA08972; Fri, 11 Jun 1999 00:09:29 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <37609C22.FDEE99E1@inc.net> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 00:18:26 -0500 From: Steve Kaczkowski Organization: inc.Net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en,zh,zh-CN,zh-TW,ja,de,af MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-isp@bandman.nm.ece.iisc.ernet.in Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anything more to de0: link down/autosense failed errors? References: <19990611101608.A25089@nm.ece.iisc.ernet.in> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org CNL FreeBSD ISP List wrote: > > Greetings! > > I remotely administer a FreeBSD Computer. > > I do occasionally encounter these errors via the daily > messages sent to root: > > > de0: link down: cable problem? > > de0: autosense failed: cable problem? > > Is there anything more to this than: > 1. Someone pulled out the ethernet cable and put it back? > 2. Or the ethernet card is possibly loosely held on the > computer. > > I would like to rule out other possibilities before > visiting the remote site. > If it's a 10/100 card I'd say it's switching between 10 and 100mpbs for some reason. Could be a slight incompatibility issue between the NIC and your Hub (Switch). Regards, -- Steve Kaczkowski Time Warner Telecom/inc.Net steve@inc.net (414)908-9012 http://www.inc.net (603)737-9209 Fax To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message