same board here and the network card died after 2 weeks of use. i installed a kingston fa311.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Derrick Ryalls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 11:26 AM Subject: Re: Poor server response > Derrick Ryalls wrote: > > I built a FreeBSD box using a 4.7-release mini cd distro from > > freebsd.org. I then updated to stable via cvsup and did a > > buildworld/kernel. > > > > The machine needed linux support, so I installed linux-base (6?) from > > the ports. Things were going fine until I started stressing the box. > > > > Frequently, when using edit to edit config files, the remote session > > would lock and connection would get lost. The edit session would show > > up in a 'ps -aux' but I could not kill it via kill or killall. Now the > > box is fairly unresponsive to pings. I swapped a known good patch cable > > but it didn't help. Also, when trying to scp, more often than not, once > > I click on copy (using winscp), the session would lock up and connection > > drop on the client side. > > > > I don't seem to have any editing issues if I am sitting at the terminal, > > and pinging local ip doesn't drop a packet. When I ping any other ip, I > > get dropped packets... > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Hardware: > > > > XP1800+ > > ECS K7S5A mobo w/ onboard lan. > > 512M PC2100 crucial ram > > > > > > > > -Derrick > > > > I have exactly that motherboard in one of my machines, and I must > say Im not impressed by its performance or stability. > I disabled the onboard nic and replaced it with a PCI Intel > 10/100 card, and network performance sky-rocketed. > > Just a tip > > -- > R > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
