Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:38:15 +0200 From: Roger Olofsson <raggen@passagen.se> To: PP <freebsd-net@pp.dyndns.biz> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: network keep droping Message-ID: <48483297.5030809@passagen.se> In-Reply-To: <4847A8BE.4010201@pp.dyndns.biz> References: <b51ac81b0806041137k130a6c57s38115749326f2199@mail.gmail.com> <4847A8BE.4010201@pp.dyndns.biz>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
PP skrev: > Izwan Mohd wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have being encountering a weird problem on my freebsd 6 , one of my >> remote >> machine being down frequently lately for no particular reason, when I >> go to >> the remote site to check then machine it was in good running condition >> but >> no network, it even can't ping the server on the same subnet, the only >> way >> to restore it back is by running: >> >> route -n flush && /etc/netstart >> >> but because it a remote machine it really troublesome to do that each >> time >> the machine is down, I resorted to use a crontab scripts to automatically >> run the previous command when it down, even tho that partial of the >> problem >> is solve I still need to know what causing it. can anyone could advise me >> where to start digging?? they is no any particular error in the log or >> dmseg >> when the machine dropped it connection so I'm stuck here don't know >> where to >> start, some help should clear something up for me >> >> TQ > > This sounds vaguely similar to what I've experienced myself with an > onboard em0 on a Supermicro mainboard. NIC suddenly stopped working for > no appearent reason. Believing the NIC was bad I throw in an extra NIC > and ran the machine from that. But within a month a capacitor blew in > the PSU and when I replaced the PSU the onboard NIC worked again. This > scenario repeated 3 times in exactly the same way before I switched to > another PSU brand and haven't had any problems since. In my case I > couldn't get the NIC running with a simple flushing of the routes > though. But if nothing has changed in the software on the machine you > should probably start looking at the hardware. > /PP > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.0.0/1484 - Release Date: 2008-06-04 16:40 Is it on DHCP? Sounds like it's lost the lease or the default route? /R
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?48483297.5030809>