Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:58:24 -0500 From: Russell Doucette <ota@animenfo.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE Totally Freezes on TightVNC Connection Message-ID: <43D9B680.7080004@animenfo.com> In-Reply-To: <43D99326.1030905@rogers.com> References: <43D98AB0.1040801@animenfo.com> <43D99326.1030905@rogers.com>
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Mike Jakubik wrote: > 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. > Yeah, I fixed it. I switched network cards and the BSD box works fine now. It was either the network driver or the network card itself. Thanks for the help. R. Doucette
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