> Hello, > > I'm a newwbie on OpenBSD and I've installed it on a IBM P100 Computer. > I have a "Intel 82557" NIC inside. This NIC can be seen as fxp0. > My problem is: > When I don't use the comuputer during about 5 minutes, my NIC "go to > sleep" and don't want to receive or send any frames. > But if I press a key on the keyboard or if I connect by SSH through > another NIC,fxp0 works again during about 5 minutes. It is a strange > behaviour. > I don't know if it is a bug or a feature, but I didn't see anything > about that in the FAQ or in the the manual. I've verified with tcpdump, > when my NIC is sleeping, it don't view anything. > > Thanks for your help... > > Excuse me for my bad english.... > > PS: My NIC works well with Linux. > > Pascal S.
*cut* I had something similiar with an PC too (but I can't remember if it was also IBM or DELL or whatever). Maybe it sounds crazy but deactivate everything related with power-saving (if your BIOS provides that). The PC I remeber had some problems because of the fucked up BIOS (like my notebook with PCMICA...). Maybe a BIOS-Update could solve that problem (I would update it anyway..). It's just a little hint and maybe no solution but "try and error"..or? ;) Btw: Any output at the console? The only Chipset I remember wich was realy fucked up was a SiS. I had to do always a "sh /etc/netsart" to restart the network. Btw: LINUX is supported by some fatcats... So you could say "But with Windows it works well"... yeah maybe. But I'm sure you wont compare that NDA-shit with such beautifull OS like oBSD. ;)) Kind regards, Sebastian
