Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:43:59 -0500 From: "DJ Martin MacT" <martinm@visualedge.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Setting up a box to use remotely by way of an X-server Message-ID: <016b01bf929c$41b41e60$7400a8c0@visualedge.com>
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Q: Does anyone know what would make a network card function =
intermittently (work for 20minutes, not work for 30, then work again)?
TIA to anyone who knows, I am sooooo frustrated: working/not working =
I can figure out, but this is just plain confusing...
I have two computers connected via ethernet: one is a w2k, the =
other FreeBSD... I'd like to be running an Xserver on win2k so as to =
access the FreeBSD3.4 computer...
I have recompiled the kernel, but it didn't solve my problems..:
The network seems to work for 20 minutes, then not work for =
another 20, then work again... It seems pretty random, but when it works =
it usually good for at least 20 minutes before I get dropped.... At the =
point that it malfunctions, I can ping out from FreeBSD, and win2k will =
get a packet and reply, but FreeBSD never gets that reply... If I ping =
from win2k to FreeBSD while it's not working, only one hub light blinks =
(the windows one)...
I am using a "home ethernet" kit from Linksys... Under linux the =
cards use "tulip.o" as a driver, on FreeBSD it uses mx0... It also (from =
ifconfig mx0) seems that FreeBSD has my card set up as half-duplex, even =
though it is capable of full.... I don't know how to change that or if =
it is even a problem.
The only other network strangeness come from Apache and Sendmail: =
both complain about being unable to resolve hostnames (when I am at home =
I can get the exact message)... I have no name server (only 2 computers =
on the network), only /etc/hosts files...
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Q: Does anyone know what would make a network card =
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2> TIA to anyone who knows, I am =
sooooo=20
frustrated: working/not working I can figure out, but this is just plain =
confusing...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2> I have two computers connected =
via=20
ethernet: one is a w2k, the other FreeBSD... I'd like to be =
running an=20
Xserver on win2k so as to access the FreeBSD3.4 computer...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2> I have recompiled the kernel, but =
it didn't=20
solve my problems..:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2> The network =
seems to=20
work for 20 minutes, then not work for another 20, then work again... It =
seems=20
pretty random, but when it works it usually good for at least 20 minutes =
before=20
I get dropped.... At the point that it malfunctions, I can ping out from =
FreeBSD, and win2k will get a packet and reply, but FreeBSD never gets =
that=20
reply... If I ping from win2k to FreeBSD while it's not working, only =
one hub=20
light blinks (the windows one)...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2> I am using a "home ethernet" kit =
from=20
Linksys... Under linux the cards use "tulip.o" as a driver, on FreeBSD =
it uses=20
mx0... It also (from ifconfig mx0) seems that FreeBSD has my card set up =
as=20
half-duplex, even though it is capable of full.... I don't know how to =
change=20
that or if it is even a problem.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2> The only other network =
strangeness come=20
from Apache and Sendmail: both complain about being unable to resolve =
hostnames=20
(when I am at home I can get the exact message)... I have no name server =
(only 2=20
computers on the network), only /etc/hosts =
files...</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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