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Date:      Mon, 27 Dec 1999 17:19:06 +0200
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>
To:        Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Networking problem (outside interface "hangs")
Message-ID:  <19991227171906.A51151@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
In-Reply-To: <87vh5k773t.fsf@main.wgaf.net>; from Arcady Genkin on Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 10:09:58AM -0500
References:  <87vh5k773t.fsf@main.wgaf.net>

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On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 10:09:58AM -0500, Arcady Genkin wrote:
> I have a FreeBSD box configured as an open firewall. It has two
> network interfaces:
> 
> 1. ISA NE2K for an outside connection (cable modem, dhcp).
> 2. PCI Realtek8139 for the inside (local LAN), fixed IP.
> 
> Once in a while the outside interface "hangs". "netstat -i" halts
> indefinitely trying to display information for ed1.
> 
What about "netstat -in"?

> Rebooting cures the problem.
> 
> I don't see any weird messages in /var/log/ at all.
> 
> My /etc/rc.conf.local looks like this:
> ,-----
> | network_interfaces="ed1 rl0 lo0"
> | ifconfig_rl0="inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex"
> | ifconfig_ed1="DHCP"
> | 
> | inetd_flags="-lwW"
> | log_in_vain="YES"
> | 
> | firewall_enable="YES"
> | firewall_type="OPEN"
> | natd_enable="YES"
> | natd_interface="ed1"
> | gateway_enable="YES"
> | router_enable="YES"
> `-----
> Other than that, networking works fine, and there is no collisions or
> any other errors.
> ,-----
> | door:/var/log$ netstat -i
> | Name  Mtu   Network       Address            Ipkts Ierrs    Opkts Oerrs  Coll
> | rl0   1500  <Link>      00.a0.4b.04.af.40      422     0      329     0     0
> | rl0   1500  192.168.1     door                 422     0      329     0     0
> | ed1   1500  <Link>      52.54.4c.17.c9.5c      122     0      131     0     0
> | ed1   1500  24.114.152.64 cr103675-a.bloo      122     0      131     0     0
> | lo0   16384 <Link>                               0     0        0     0     0
> | lo0   16384 127           localhost              0     0        0     0     0
> `-----
> How could I debug it? Could it be a problem with the NIC? Thanks for
> any ideas!

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