Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 11:28:02 -0800 (PST) From: David Daugherty <doc@wcug.wwu.edu> To: DJ Martin MacT <martinm@visualedge.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up a box to use remotely by way of an X-server Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000320112612.22939A-100000@sloth> In-Reply-To: <016b01bf929c$41b41e60$7400a8c0@visualedge.com>
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I had a similar problem with my network at one time. It turned out my LinkSys hub was "overheating" and would only work intermitently. If possible try replacing your hub and see if you have the same problem. David doc@wcug.wwu.edu Washington State Resident ICQ 21106703 On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, DJ Martin MacT wrote: > 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... > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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