From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 19 13: 0:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cableworks.cgocable.net (cableworks.cgocable.net [24.226.1.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9324537B401 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2001 13:00:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ryan@western.wave.ca) Received: from pan (d141-68-30.home.cgocable.net [24.141.68.30]) by cableworks.cgocable.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA16071 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2001 15:40:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <003b01c0f8fa$9b424d60$1e448d18@elysia.ca> From: "Ryan" To: Subject: Network Strangeness Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 16:01:19 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0038_01C0F8D9.13F6B1A0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 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 is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C0F8D9.13F6B1A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, I've been struggling with a problem for quite some time now. = I'm running FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE, and the system is normal except that it = will sporadically become unresponsive to the network. The system will = drop all connections to it and not return any pings. I've beening = running the -STABLE branch on the system for quite some time now and = haven't experienced any problems until this one, and since then I've = tried network cable changes, network card changes, processor changes, = motherboard changes, and I've even tried using the system with OpenBSD = instead, but the same problem persists. Recently I was hanging out in the #FreeBSDhelp channel on EFnet and = ran into someone experience the same problem (s_79@yahoo.com). The only = similarites I can see between our configurations is that we're both = running 4.3-STABLE on i586 systems. Here are the full specs on the two = systems with the problem: Pentium 100 (i586), 32MB RAM, 1.7GB HDD Ethernet card: SOHO NDC 10/100 (dc) OS: FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE Pentium 120 (i586), 48MB RAM, 4.2GB HDD Ethernet card: Magitronix NE2000 Compatible (ed) OS: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE Hopefully someone out there has an idea of whats going wrong. Thanks = in advance for any suggestions that could be made. Ryan ryan@western.wave.ca and=20 'Fate' s_79@yahoo.com ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C0F8D9.13F6B1A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello, I've been = struggling with=20 a problem for quite some time now. I'm running FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE, and = the=20 system is normal except that it will sporadically become unresponsive to = the=20 network. The system will drop all connections to it and not return any = pings.=20 I've beening running the -STABLE branch on the system for quite some = time now=20 and haven't experienced any problems until this one, and since then I've = tried=20 network cable changes, network card changes, processor changes, = motherboard=20 changes, and I've even tried using the system with OpenBSD instead, but = the same=20 problem persists.

Recently I was = hanging out in=20 the #FreeBSDhelp channel on EFnet and ran into someone experience the = same=20 problem (s_79@yahoo.com). The only = similarites I can see between our configurations is that we're both = running=20 4.3-STABLE on i586 systems. Here are the full specs on the two systems = with the=20 problem:

Pentium 100 (i586), 32MB RAM, 1.7GB = HDD
Ethernet=20 card: SOHO NDC 10/100 (dc)

OS: FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE

Pentium 120 (i586), 48MB RAM, 4.2GB=20 HDD

Ethernet card: Magitronix NE2000 = Compatible=20 (ed)

OS: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE

Hopefully someone = out there has=20 an idea of whats going wrong. Thanks in advance for any suggestions that = could=20 be made.

Ryan

ryan@western.wave.ca

and

'Fate'

s_79@yahoo.com

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