Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 04:58:16 -0500 From: Greg Panula <greg.panula@dolaninformation.com> To: Eirik Oeverby <ltning@anduin.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A stupid question... Message-ID: <3EE6FD38.C8AC3358@dolaninformation.com> References: <6906683B-9AB7-11D7-A8ED-000A956789F6@katamail.com> <1055252312.49655.26.camel@ranger.anduin.net>
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Eirik Oeverby wrote: > > Hi, > > I have the rl problem from time to time - it is as if the interface is > unplugged from the HUB. However, I have no problem pinging it from the > host itself, but it's gone to anyone on the outside. > A "ifconfig rl0 DOWN ; ifconfig rl0 UP" usually solves the problem until > it happens next time - which can be minutes, hours, days or weeks later. > I suppose in average I have it happening two to three times per month. > On another machine with the same FreeBSD version I do not have the same > problem, but the hardware is entirely different. Only the NIC driver > used is the same. > Check network buffers 'netstat -m'. If peak equals max, you should bump up the amount of memory set aside for network buffers. See 'man 7 tuning' for information about increasing network buffers. Check your logs(e.g. /var/log/messages) for any interesting messages&hints... maybe something related to rl0 losing connectivity, buffer space, etc. You might also want to try swapping out the nic. RealTek nics are fairly inexpensive. good luck, greghome | help
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