Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 09:10:58 -0500 From: Tony Wells <tony@camel.kdsi.net> To: Dave VanAuken <dave@hawk-systems.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIC suffering intermittant connection problems Message-ID: <3B45C6F2.77EBFD76@camel.kdsi.net> References: <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNIEEIGLAA.dave@hawk-systems.com>
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You might want to visually inspect the connector on the NIC to make sure all of the contacts are in good shape. If one got bent, and is making less than ideal contact, you can experience a world of fruity problems. Dave VanAuken wrote: > > have an Intel NIC on a FreeBSD 4.3 box (actuallly 3 boxes with same > setup - cards and all) > > other two boxes are fine... third is intermittant. > > Works fine on botup, but will occasionally fall asleep and not respond > to requests. > initiating requests from the machine seems to wake things up and then > other machines pick it up again (best way to explain it) > > Am all but ready to blame it on the NIC and try replacing it. Just > recently switched IP blocks though (changed class C) so could have > missed something in the changeover that is causing this. > > ideas? > > TIA > > Dave > > >>>>> ifconfig <<<<< > fxp0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 204.50.158.12 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 204.50.158.255 > inet6 fe80::2d0:b7ff:feb2:5f7f%fxp0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > ether 00:d0:b7:b2:5f:7f > media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active > supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX > 10baseT/UT > P <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP > lp0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > faith0: flags=8000<MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280 > gif1: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280 > gif2: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280 > gif3: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280 > lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8 > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > inet 204.50.158.12 netmask 0xffffff00 > ppp0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552 > > >>>>> netstat -r <<<<< > Internet: > Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif > Expire > default rtr0 UGSc 0 0 fxp0 > localhost localhost UH 0 0 lo0 > 204.50.158 link#1 UC 0 0 fxp0 > => > web1 web1 UH 0 0 lo0 > > Internet6: > Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire > ::1 ::1 UH lo0 > fe80::%fxp0 link#1 UC fxp0 > fe80::%lo0 fe80::1%lo0 Uc lo0 > ff01:: ::1 U lo0 > ff02::%fxp0 link#1 UC fxp0 > ff02::%lo0 fe80::1%lo0 UC lo0 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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