Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:01:17 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: MacConnect Home Office <homeoffice@macconnect.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: machine goes deaf to network connections - please help Message-ID: <4214F80D.1070302@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <8a838da97735c53d7133bd59670daeaa@macconnect.com> References: <8a838da97735c53d7133bd59670daeaa@macconnect.com>
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MacConnect Home Office wrote: > I have a strange problem on my hands. I have a mail server running > qmail and vpopmail, and FreeBSD 4.2. The machine does decent volume. > Periodically the machine will just go deaf to network connections for 15 > - 20 minutes at a time. When this happens, both the link light on the > machine and the link light on the switch go amber. I've tried to > troubleshoot this from every angle. I've checked the settings on the > switch (they're fine). In fact, when this problem happens, the switch > isn't reporting any errors on the port. I've swapped ethernet cables, > put the machine on another switch, and swapped ethernet cards, all to no > avail. I don't suppose the system is going into power-saving made, by any chance? BTW, if you do indeed have 4.2, you are a few years out of date and ought to upgrade to 4.11. -- -Chuck
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