From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 14 09:20:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA15017 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 09:20:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA15010 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 09:20:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id JAA03830; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 09:20:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 09:20:21 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Ben Hockenhull cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet problem with 2.2.5 and 3C509B In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Ben Hockenhull wrote: > I'm having an interesting problem with a 486DX2/66 running 2.2.5. I have a > 3Com 3C509B NIC in the box, and during ftp sessions > 15 meg from the box > over ethernet, the interface quits responding. No ping in or out, no > nothing. The box becomes totally unreachable. > > A netstat reveals an ftp connection in FIN_WAIT1, but I have no idea if > that is a result or a symptom. an 'ifconfig ep0 up' restores connectivity > for a short time, but it inevitably dies again. > > Any ideas? Bad NIC? (Likely, I need to check.) Obscure issue with 2.2.5 > and 3C509B's? (Unlikely, methinks.) 3Com adapters have been known to die if they receive excessive line noise. Check out your network connections and cables. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major