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Date:      Tue, 5 Dec 2000 13:12:38 -0700 (MST)
From:      Alex Rousskov <rousskov@measurement-factory.com>
To:        "Drew J. Weaver" <drew.weaver@thenap.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Really odd problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10012051308240.91750-100000@measurement-factory.com>
In-Reply-To: <B1A7D9973EBED3119ADD009027DC864918083E@mailman.thenap.com>

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On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Drew J. Weaver wrote:

>           We have a Freebsd 4.2 box on our network, after the box boots, it
> brings up the network and everything is great, I can telnet into it..
> everything good, but about 30-60 minutes later no incoming traffic is
> getting to the server. If i ping the machine, or telnet to it, I get
> nothing. If I go to the terminal and ping anything then it "wakes up" does
> anyone have any idea what would cause it to stop "listening" to incoming
> network requests? This is becoming very tiresome and i've done everything
> known to me.

Drew,

	We have seen similar (and worse) effects with the combination
of "wake-up on LAN" and "power-save mode" BIOS features. Make sure that
your [BIOS] settings disable funky features that FreeBSD does not
support [well].

Alex.





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