From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 22 18:23:25 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 567B316A402 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:23:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-227-250.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA95213C442 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:23:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.8/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l0MIMkEH005653; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:22:46 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20070122122140.025ba5b0@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:22:35 -0600 To: David Schulz , questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <037FAB79-B890-46CE-9522-E0A7EE58661F@tca-cable-connector.c om> References: <037FAB79-B890-46CE-9522-E0A7EE58661F@tca-cable-connector.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Loosing Ethernet Connectivity X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:23:25 -0000 Check your card's firmware, most by default are set to sleep on inactivity. Make sure your's isn't set to do this. -Derek At 09:12 PM 1/21/2007, David Schulz wrote: >Hello all, > >every once in a while i have a machine (6.1) that out of the blue, >sometimes after days, some after 6 months, looses Ethernet >Connectivity. My Machines just run some Service, and have no >Keyboard / Mouse or Monitor. When the Machine goes down, eg, i am >unable to ping it from another Machine on the Network, even >restarting the machine using "reboot" will not fix the Problem. The >only way to fix it is to login as root, and issue a "ifconfig vr0 >down && ifconfig vr0 up". Then a dmesg Message appears : "vr0: Using >force reset command.", and after that i can successfully ping the >machine again. I have had this Problem on different machines with >different Network Cards, on different Ethernet Cables, and with >FreeBSD Versions 5.5 until 6.1. > >Can anyone please help me to understand and possibly even fix this >Problem? > >Thanks a lot, >David >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. >MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.