Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 22:10:52 -0500 From: Brendan McAlpine <bmcalpine@macconnect.com> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: HELP!! problem with new bsd mail server Message-ID: <B8B821EC.B5F4%bmcalpine@macconnect.com>
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> 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_3099075054_5902193 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable 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 set up the ethernet configuration incorrectly, or my machine is seriously broken. Here is what happens. The machine runs without problems for long stretches of time. Then, all of a sudden, it goes deaf to network connections. It seems to be some sort of conflict or something. The machine can=B9t ping the switch its connected to. Tonight, the machine resorts to this behavior immediately after startup. Every once in a while I can=B9t get 3 or 4 pings through to it. I=B9ve deleted the ip address configuration I set up on the ethernet interfaces. =20 Could someone direct me to the best way to configure these cards? Should I use ifconfig or just edit the rc.conf file, or both? Also, how should I se= t 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 hardware problem do this? Thanks Brendan Ps. I=B9ve 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. --B_3099075054_5902193 Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>HELP!! problem with new bsd mail server</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Hello<BR> <BR> I have a very weird problem going on with my new BSD qmail server.<BR> <BR> 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.<BR> <BR> 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. <BR> <BR> 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.<BR> <BR> I’ve deleted the ip address configuration I set up on the ethernet in= terfaces. <BR> <BR> 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.<BR> <BR> Lastly, would this even be the root of the problem, or would some sort of h= ardware problem do this?<BR> <BR> Thanks<BR> <BR> Brendan<BR> <BR> Ps. I’ve already tried switching ports on the switch, moving the mach= ine to a new switch, and switching the ethernet cable. The problem lie= s on the machine.</FONT> </BODY> </HTML> --B_3099075054_5902193-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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