Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 00:13:23 +0000 (GMT) From: Andrew Gordon <arg-bsd@arg1.demon.co.uk> To: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@jennejohn.org> Cc: <freebsd-isdn@freebsd.org> Subject: ifpi2 problems Message-ID: <20011224235808.T86622-100000@server.arg.sj.co.uk>
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I have been trying out the ifpi2 driver. I first tried in a -current machine and all worked OK (though I didn't thrash it particularly hard). I am now trying to use it in a 486 running -stable. The setup is (at present) just using the ISDN for single-channel outgoing calls with user-ppp/rbch. If I use it 'gently' it all works fine - I have been online for an hour or so reading mail via ssh with no problem. However, if I try web browsing to graphics-heavy sites, it stops working within about 2 minutes. The failure state is as if interrupts from the card have become disabled: the ppp process is still running and eventually times out the connection and attempts to redial, but isdnd thinks that the connection is in use, and if I make a voice call to the line, ISDND doesn't report anything. Only a reboot seems to clear the latched up state. Unfortunately my setup here is extremely inconvenient for debugging (this is a router for my parents' new home, where the ISDN line plus this 486 are in a cupboard in a different building from the room where the main PC is kept; the router has no console and I forgot to bring the right cable so I can't even plug in a laptop as console...). I will try to debug further tomorrow, but any hints would be gratefully received. PS. are you sure that having a device name ending in a digit is a good idea? It gives very confusing effects if you forget the quotes around the device "ifpi2" line in the kernel config file, as well as the rather odd ifpi20: blah messages on the console. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isdn" in the body of the message
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