From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Aug 14 15:41:01 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E231BDD17AA for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:41:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luzar722@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x22f.google.com (mail-io0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::22f]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A8E982E1A for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:41:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luzar722@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id g71so39562816ioe.5 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2017 08:41:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-transfer-encoding; bh=k4flvRWn11SYFToT6huWNTfAVIFhDmerTNwuFGH6EP8=; b=gntT5g8SwLvHheyHwDJbjnQCp2EHXh8M77NvRz1zHiHAavAqvifL5BsXAoDIHpwtw8 Jrfv5Cwcj7DIeAR5Da2DzVZfwu1nCBOsmkuL+OMglVoUOVqF+m7cIJL32m/Zq5kCcLPF WnzXRgJ+GNGubMlCNOFCwwngrFFg6384BO1jbY8mMeV7CBm7oMDxaBEOwPB3Tp8juryX f4aSgkOBjgbOw7oPaT67cUht+DOS4nQMQ82bEC78bD2TrZ+JBKzmjj88dpL4bZFjj4Sp kZVNinM2ICPkE8Qkp/k4yiUhLa1/XmW1Ps6LuYmpIXrfI15OAGGLm4cTEdDOXZYWjKXC gy8A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:content-transfer-encoding; bh=k4flvRWn11SYFToT6huWNTfAVIFhDmerTNwuFGH6EP8=; b=sYczaeuytG5OjBhNg9lGE2vHSl9yHfeHJLUHGoGmA/SP1oFOyytoziFAwADz7iCuve +cCF1mDJyXkTIpmy9O6l5F6nh+cxf3SsBP7IoXcFi1hHbqv1lWgwzJVKgE+N2m6tYvi9 r+XwvFeuBE10/RPnwymwpsnD12WlvbtoDDKI5QmEyilupRtotL29C0zRHwT/nF/cI3A/ eKbQ7DpYWsXM5y/05BPcRoemgD+642PKLc/Vss3x0YnMNSxV3hbBIXGx9d4T5s2gd59H Zk5Zyk6PTSvvKo6BPOPuPF7RvxgYKKFx0EkezL67mdGdvefsciCEVybQzTZBccoQW25m 53pw== X-Gm-Message-State: AIVw110QtoI/CcFY/ogZWykptl794oF3eJ1HQ+vGSRDB+G0+V2NIEgEU +5KH96KLvOmaKMoj X-Received: by 10.107.39.14 with SMTP id n14mr11823542ion.0.1502725260949; Mon, 14 Aug 2017 08:41:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.200.200.2] (cpe-74-141-88-147.neo.res.rr.com. [74.141.88.147]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id f70sm4028462ita.1.2017.08.14.08.41.00 for (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 14 Aug 2017 08:41:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5991C48A.1050402@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 11:40:58 -0400 From: Ernie Luzar User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: watchdog timeout Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:41:02 -0000 My 11.1 system keeps getting this group of messages kernel: vge0: watchdog timeout kernel: vge0: link state changed to down kernel: vge0: link state changed to up I swapped out the cable between the vge0 adapter and the ISP cable modem 4 different times over this last month and it continues to happen. What is this watchdog? What are these messages really trying to tell me?