Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 16:22:13 +0100 From: Hans Nieser <hans@nieser.net> To: Nicolas Blais <nb_root@videotron.ca>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sk0: watchdog timeout Message-ID: <43887DA5.7070103@nieser.net> In-Reply-To: <200511261014.47333.nb_root@videotron.ca> References: <4369EA5D.3040703@vdsoft.org> <43886DF5.6000905@nieser.net> <200511261014.47333.nb_root@videotron.ca>
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Nicolas Blais wrote: >On November 26, 2005 09:15 am, Hans Nieser wrote: > > >>A long, long time ago Vladimir Dvorak wrote: >> >> >>>Hello, >>> >>>I have a problem with network card. From time to time kernel says >>> >>>sk0: watchdog timeout >>> >>> >>I just ran into the same issue. I have an ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe in my >>desktop machine which runs FreeBSD 6.0+Xorg+Gnome. It has two on-board >>NICs, the nvidia one and a Marvel one. The nvidia was one big disaster and >>was giving me device timeouts so I never bothered with that one again. >> >> > >I have an sk0 too on one of my computer's onboard A8V-DX which will timeout >once in a while too. I found a way to reduce down time by modifying my >rc.conf to force 'full-duplex 100Mbps'. Now, even when it goes into a >watchdog timeout, I quickly get back my link within that second. > >This is what my rc.conf line looks like: > >ifconfig_sk0="inet 192.168.1.100 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex netmask >255.255.255.0" > > Thanks! Will give this a try
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