On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 03:03:55PM -0800, Joe wrote: > I have 2 of these adaptors > "Intel PRO/1000GT (82541GI)" rev 0x05 > > The 82541GI chipset is supported by em(4). > > Every day, the box "drops" of the network. The interfaces show > themselves as active, but I can't ping, arp, or sniff any traffic. A > reboot solves the problem. Is anyone else having this problem? > > For now, I had to remove the NICs because the box is a firewall and goes > down at random times throughout the day. I didn't notice any particular > traffic patterns.
We've encountered similar problems in the past with that chip. I believe we resolved the issue by using a newer driver, but this was not under OpenBSD. Can you try a more recent version of the em(4) driver? Some commits were made very recently. -Damian
