Re: once again 5.2 RC and watchdog timeout

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Kay Lehmann wrote:

> Matthias Andree schrieb:
> > Radek Kozlowski <radek_at_raadradd.com> writes:
> >
> >
> >>I see in your ifconfig that you have 'autoselect' in rl0. Try setting
> >>it to 10baseT/UTP or 100baseTX before enabling the interface. I am not
> >>sure whether it's possible in rc.conf, [...]
> >
> >
> > It is possible in /etc/rc.conf and works for me with a vintage 3C900
> > Combo that needs to be told to do 10base2/BNC.
> >
> > I don't bother to spend time trying to find out how I could make it
> > autoconfigure properly if adding two words to rc.conf does the job...
> >
> > The best automatic is one that can be switched off... :-P
> >
>
> Thanks for the tips, but I tried to manually set it before and it didn't
> help. The problems are still there. Any other hints?
When I throw in my 0.02 EUR, please bear in mind I am no kind of
OS specialist, but I have to fight a lot with deficient hardware
in our school's network. So here my experiences:
1) Realteks are ok with workstations, but are no good with
   servers.  When requests from different machines arrive they
   frequently give in. I never had any problems with Realteks on
   my private computer at home (running -CURRENT).
2) Are you sure there are no IP conflicts in your network? If you
   are using DHCP you should check it's address range.
3) Did you check for defect cables? If a NIC can only be run with
   10 Mbit this might be the reason.
4) Do you have any routers? Check them too (a defect DSL router
   might cause all kinds of troubles, though internet seems to
   work).

Just trying to give some more hints:

Uli.


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