From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 13 07:14:41 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73D3537B401 for ; Sun, 13 Jul 2003 07:14:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.202.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8371143FA3 for ; Sun, 13 Jul 2003 07:14:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (be-well.no-ip.com[66.30.200.37]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with ESMTP id <2003071314143201200efvkje>; Sun, 13 Jul 2003 14:14:32 +0000 Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [66.30.200.37] (may be forged)) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6DEEWP0078480; Sun, 13 Jul 2003 10:14:32 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.6/Submit) id h6DEEVqB078477; Sun, 13 Jul 2003 10:14:31 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: be-well.ilk.org: lowell set sender to freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org using -f Sender: lowell@be-well.no-ip.com To: Jorge Biquez References: <5.1.0.14.2.20030711201531.02194450@mail.icsmx.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 13 Jul 2003 10:14:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20030711201531.02194450@mail.icsmx.com> Message-ID: <44el0utsxk.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 27 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: WhatchDog Error on a Lan Card. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 14:14:41 -0000 Jorge Biquez writes: > Today I started receiving this error on the lan card. > > r10: WATCHDOG TIMEOUT The log message is reporting that the card locked up. > And seems like the TCP/IP services stop passing thought the card. The > machine continues running without seeing the world but no other errors > beside the above on the console. One thing I notices is that if I try > to ping any machine I receive and "overflow error". If I restart the > machine everything works normally again. You could try bringing the interface down and back up. > The machine is running 4.8 Stable, running on a PIII - 1.0 Ghz with > 512 RAM and more than enough free space. The machine is running only > Apache with some load. > > I changed the card with another of the same brand and type, its backup > since I always buy 2 same cards for each equipment, just in > case. After a few hours and under some load the machine send the same > error. If you're going to be careful enough to buy backup cards, it's worth spending the money to buy something less junky.