Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 10:04:29 -0500 From: "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net> To: Mark <mark@monmouth.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBsd and Cisco Catalyst problem Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000808100429.008e4140@midwest.net> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000808083343.00b9e990@mail.monmouth.com>
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Did you swapout the 3com card with another brand?? > >I have posted to the email list a couple of times so far about my problems >with FreeBSD 3.4 (and now 4.1) >concerning intermittent loss of connectivity to the network through a Cisco >Catalyst 1900. >The cat is set to 10Mb half duplex and so is my NIC (3Com and also a netgear) >This connection cannot stay live for any given length of time. If I start a >ping from the console to a box on the network or off the network, the >connection stays up for hours but as soon as I kill the ping out, the >intermittent loss starts again. >I built a quick 4.1 kernel (GENERIC) and tried it but had the same results. > >Has anyone experienced this type of problem as I am sure it has to do with >the Cat vs FreeBsd because if I set >the machine up an a peer to peer network only going through a hub, NO problems. >Dropping the Catalyst for another brand is not an option. ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/free_video/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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