From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 15 20:44:36 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.macconnect.com (mail.macconnect.com [204.68.168.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4A01D37B404 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 20:44:25 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 18959 invoked by uid 0); 16 Mar 2002 04:49:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.0.1.7?) (24.168.28.19) by mail.macconnect.com with SMTP; 16 Mar 2002 04:49:48 -0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.0.0.1331 Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 23:45:02 -0500 Subject: Re: HELP!! problem with new bsd mail server From: Brendan McAlpine To: Brad Cc: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <096601c1cc9c$a6191270$1501a8c0@winxp1> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3099080704_6246967" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3099080704_6246967 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Brad I disabled the second ethernet card in my bios settings and that brought th= e machine back online. However, after 20 minutes or so the machine decided to go deaf again for 10 minutes. I am getting some error messages in my logs for qmailadmin and sqwebmail. Could those errors cause the machine to go deaf? Very strange. =20 Anyway, here are the entries in my rc.conf file (obviously ip=B9s and host names have been changed to protect the innocent :-) ). ifconfig_fxp0=3D"inet 10.10.10.4 netmask 255.255.255.0" defaultrouter=3D"10.10.10.1" hostname=3D"mail.domain.net" >=20 > Any ideas? >=20 > TIA >=20 > Brendan > From: "Brad" > Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 14:42:50 +1100 > To: "Brendan McAlpine" > Subject: Re: HELP!! problem with new bsd mail server >=20 > Hi Brendan, > =20 > Could you please email us the output of ifconfig and the relevant lines i= n > /etc/rc.conf > =20 > Cheers > =20 >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Brendan McAlpine >> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 2:10 PM >> Subject: HELP!! problem with new bsd mail server >>=20 >> Hello >>=20 >> I have a very weird problem going on with my new BSD qmail server. >>=20 >> The machine has two ethernet cards, running FreeBSD 4.4. I think I set = up >> the ethernet configuration incorrectly, or my machine is seriously broke= n. >>=20 >> Here is what happens. The machine runs without problems for long stretc= hes >> of time. Then, all of a sudden, it goes deaf to network connections. I= t >> seems to be some sort of conflict or something. The machine can=92t ping = the >> switch its connected to. >>=20 >> Tonight, the machine resorts to this behavior immediately after startup. >> Every once in a while I can=92t get 3 or 4 pings through to it. >>=20 >> I=92ve deleted the ip address configuration I set up on the ethernet >> interfaces. =20 >>=20 >> Could someone direct me to the best way to configure these cards? Shoul= d I >> use ifconfig or just edit the rc.conf file, or both? Also, how should I= set >> up the cards? One interface down? OR can I give them both the same IP = for >> redundancy. >>=20 >> Lastly, would this even be the root of the problem, or would some sort o= f >> hardware problem do this? >>=20 >> Thanks >>=20 >> Brendan >>=20 >> Ps. I=92ve already tried switching ports on the switch, moving the machine= to a >> new switch, and switching the ethernet cable. The problem lies on the >> machine.=20 >=20 --B_3099080704_6246967 Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Re: HELP!!  problem with new bsd mail server Brad

I disabled the second ethernet card in my bios settings and that brought th= e machine back online.

However, after 20 minutes or so the machine decided to go deaf again for 10= minutes.  I am getting some error messages in my logs for qmailadmin a= nd sqwebmail.  Could those errors cause the machine to go deaf?

Very strange.  

Anyway, here are the entries in my rc.conf file (obviously ip’s and h= ost names have been changed to protect the innocent :-) ).

ifconfig_fxp0=3D"inet 10.10.10.4  netmask 255.255.255.0"
defaultrouter=3D"10.10.10.1"
hostname=3D"mail.domain.net"

Any ideas?

TIA

Brendan
From: "Brad" <djed@chilli.net.au>
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 14:42:50 +1100
To: "Brendan McAlpine" <bmcalpine@macconnect.com> Subject: Re: HELP!!  problem with new bsd mail server


Hi Brendan,
Could you please email us the outp= ut of ifconfig and the relevant lines in /etc/rc.conf
Cheers
----- Original Message -----
From: Brendan McAlpine <mailto:bmcalpine@macconnect.com>  = ;
To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 2:10 PM
Subject: HELP!! problem with new bsd mail server

Hello

I have a very weird problem going on with my new BSD qmail server.

The machine has two ethernet cards, running FreeBSD 4.4.  I think I se= t up the ethernet configuration incorrectly, or my machine is seriously brok= en.

Here is what happens.  The machine runs without problems for long stre= tches of time.  Then, all of a sudden, it goes deaf to network connecti= ons.  It seems to be some sort of conflict or something.  The mach= ine can?t ping the switch its connected to.  

Tonight, the machine resorts to this behavior immediately after startup. &n= bsp;Every once in a while I can?t get 3 or 4 pings through to it.

I?ve deleted the ip address configuration I set up on the ethernet interfac= es.  

Could someone direct me to the best way to configure these cards?  Sho= uld I use ifconfig or just edit the rc.conf file, or both?  Also, how s= hould I set up the cards?  One interface down?  OR can I give them= both the same IP for redundancy.

Lastly, would this even be the root of the problem, or would some sort of h= ardware problem do this?

Thanks

Brendan

Ps. I?ve already tried switching ports on the switch, moving the machine to= a new switch, and switching the ethernet cable.  The problem lies on t= he machine.


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