Stefan, could you (if it's not too much hassle) mail me the details of setting that cron job up - as an interim solution. Hopefully we'll get a better one of this list soon!
Thanks in advance, Mike On Thursday 06 December 2001 1:57 pm, S. Aeschbacher wrote: > Hi > I experienced similar problems here in Switzerland. It happend with > FreeBSD as well > as with OpenBSD routers. A solution I found is deleting the arp table > entry of the > default router of the cable modem provider (as a cron job). > I did not investigate the source of the problem. Anyone got any clues? > > Stefan > > Mike D wrote: > > I have a set up where my FreeBSD 4.4 box is acting as a firewall and > > gateway between a cable modem on xl1 and my home net on xl0. > > > > I have a pretty tight rules list and don't have that many procs running > > (ipfw, natd, mysql, tomcat - that's it!) > > > > It seems that after approx 10 hours the connection REALLY slows down, > > most connection attempts on other ports (e.g. 110) time out and I have to > > reboot the box. After the reboot everything is back to normal. > > > > If you have *any* thoughts at all as to what this could be - please let > > me know, I'm getting pretty desperate. > > > > many thanks in advance! > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message