S. Aeschbacher wrote: > 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?
This sounds a lot like your cable modem provider throtteling the link if it doesn't see some sort of negotiation (DHCP, ARP, etc.) after a fixed amount of time. I could imagine that some companies do this for residential connections. Does your cable modem provide IP service, or do you need PPPoE or something like that? > 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. ... >> 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. Is this going out from behind the box, or coming in from the Internet? Also, do you see packet drops or RTT increases (define "slow"). Lars -- Lars Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Information Sciences Institute http://www.isi.edu/larse/ University of Southern California To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
