From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 24 02:00:55 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 97326E53 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 02:00:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server1.shellworld.net (shellworld.net [69.60.117.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7585D191 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2014 02:00:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server1.shellworld.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server1.shellworld.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04B3F22848 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2014 22:00:48 -0400 (EDT) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Network Interface Keeps Dying FreeBSD9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <58451.1414116047.1@server1.shellworld.net> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:00:48 -0500 From: "Martin G. McCormick" Message-Id: <20141024020048.04B3F22848@server1.shellworld.net> X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 02:00:55 -0000 Mark Felder writes: > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014, at 22:03, Martin G. McCormick wrote: > > > > Has anybody seen this behavior? > > Yes. Is this an HP server? There were known issues with newer bge NICs > on HPs around FreeBSD 9.1. The fix should be available in a newer > FreeBSD release. Can you try one and report back? I am working on 9.3. I tried an installation this afternoon which doesn't look too promising as it didn't seem to get a DHCP address. There were some other issues, however, so I will try a new installation from scratch tomorrow and see if I made some sort of mistake. This box has been kicking and screaming, so to speak, all the way. It makes up for all the years of smooth sailing I have had building FreeBSD boxes.