Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:27:34 -0500 From: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> To: Russell Doucette <ota@animenfo.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE Totally Freezes on TightVNC Connection Message-ID: <43D99326.1030905@rogers.com> In-Reply-To: <43D98AB0.1040801@animenfo.com> References: <43D98AB0.1040801@animenfo.com>
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Russell Doucette wrote: > Hi, > > I have this weird problem with FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE and I'm using it has > a router between my cable modem and my LAN. I use the ipf firewall > technology and have forwarded ports so I can use TightVNC to connect > to my Windows XP machine from another location. However, after a few > minutes or so of use, the BSD machine completely freezes (the keyboard > freezes, the display freezes [no text updates when I was running a > traffic analyzer], and all my network interfaces go dead). I have to > physically turn off the machine and turn it back on. This only > happens when I use TightVNC. It's either a hardware problem, or some serious issue with ipf. As a side note, i would highly recommend you ditch ipf and switch to pf instead, its a much better firewall.
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