Date: 31 May 2001 09:14:03 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [freebsd-questions] Forgetful Computer?? Message-ID: <443d9lhd9g.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: gavinkenny@yahoo.co.uk's message of "30 May 2001 15:00:33 %2B0200" References: <20010530130023.15330.qmail@web3101.mail.yahoo.com>
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gavinkenny@yahoo.co.uk (Gavin Kenny) writes: > Greetings, > > I am having trouble with a FreeBSD 4.1 machine that > seems to randonmly lose its routing information. The > network runs fine for a while and then suddenly stops. > The console on the machine reports: > > /kernel arplookup 147.223.30.2 failed: host is not on > local network > > It is right, that host is the other ride of a router. > > However if I go to that host and ping back, suddenly > everything bursts back into life and works fine until > it suddenly stop x minutes later and the process > repeats. > > Any ideas why? Could it be a dodgy NIC or something? > Any way to find out without taking the machine out of > service? Almost certainly *not* a hardware problem. If I had to guess, I'd assume you have something confused in your addressing... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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