Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:01:58 +0000 From: Ned Harrison <ned.woody@cox.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Subject: Re: Frequent loss of contact with ISP Message-ID: <200503212001.58780.ned.woody@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20050320165526.3173a27a.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <200503201531.18590.ned.woody@cox.net> <20050320165526.3173a27a.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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On Sunday 20 March 2005 09:55 pm, you wrote: > Ned Harrison <ned.woody@cox.net> wrote: > > I reciently upgraded my home computer to FreeBSD 5.3 p5. Sense then I've > > had minor problems connecting to my ISP. During boot up it will > > sometimes freeze at the line, "Configuring syscons: keymap blanktime." or > > I'll lose contact with my ISP while sending an email or surfing the web. > > From an earlier posting to this forum I found that "Ctrl+C" will let the > > system finishing the boot up. Then I can easily connect to my ISP by > > running "/etc/netstart" as root. > > > > Everything works fine at least for a while. However, sooner or later > > I'll lose the conection again. I have not been able to discern a pattern > > to the disconnects either. Yet as soon as I run netstart again > > everything works again. It can be hours before I the lose the connection > > or sometimes I'll lose the connection again within twenty minutes. I've > > searched for a permanent fix by looking throught this forum. But I > > havn't found anything yet. Though that might be because I don't quite > > know how to search! :-) > > > > I am a newbie using FreeBSD so any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Spend a little time in the /var/log directory and see if anything is being > logged around the time you lose connection. > > Also, more clearly defining "lose connection" would help. What does > ifconfig say when the connection is up and when it's down? The > difference between those two outputs may lead you toward a solution. Thank you for the suggestions. I've scanned the log files and didn't see any unusual error messages. But that could be because I don't know what to look for. I've run FreeBSD for just about one year and had no Unix experience prior to that at all. I jumped from Windows, where somebody did everything for me to, FreeBSD where I have to figure things out on my own with only hints and suggestions. (Honestly, I find it funner this way!) I'll check to logs next time it goes down. I copied the results from ifconfig when everything is working to a file. As soon as I "lose the connection" I'll run ifconfig again. To get more defined regarding the loss of connection, it's almost as if I typed "ipfw flush" as root and cut myself down to the default "deny everything" rule. Sent emails will set unprocessed in the queue, when attempting to download e-mail, K-mail will return an unknown host error message, web browsers will either open to a blank white page or give me an invalid ULR error message. It even went down while viewing a video on Xine. The video just stopped, then I got an "invalid host" error message. As soon as I type /etc/netstart. Boom! everythings up an running as if nothing was ever wrong. Thanks again for your suggestions. Ned.
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