Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 11:59:54 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: Jordan Krushen <jkrushen@purplemedia.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with /30 on 4.1-R Message-ID: <20000810115954.C718@jonc.ntdns.wilsonandhorton.co.n> In-Reply-To: <001201c0024f$80db46e0$eae8b8a1@123>; from jkrushen@purplemedia.com on Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 04:16:44PM -0600 References: <001201c0024f$80db46e0$eae8b8a1@123>
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On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 04:16:44PM -0600, Jordan Krushen wrote:
> I have a 4.1-R (cvsup'd every now and then) machine which has no end of
> problems staying connected to a switch on the other side of a /30. I've
> tried Intel cards, 3Com cards, and Dlink cards, all give the same problem -
> The connection will come up fine on boot, then after a while, just give up
> the ghost. All other interfaces in the machine keep working fine. What's
> also odd is that from time to time, if I ping that interface from outside,
> I'll get one ping reply back, then the interface dies, I get no replies
> back, and it has to be power cycled to get it back up. ifconfig down/up
> doesn't do a thing to restore it. The segment we're on is 206.87.4.224/30.
Don't depend on the card's autoselect to select the connection speed.
Use ifconfig's media selection to forcibly set it to what you expect
it to be.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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