When it happens again, try:

pfctl -f /tmp/rules.debug  from a shell.

It smells like something bad hardware + software combination wise.

Scott

On 9/21/05, Mojo Jojo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> I have never ever seen a box just all of the sudden stop working.
> >>
>
> Now you have :)
>
> Maybe I missed the point you were trying to make here. I am sure it stops
> passing traffic to my DMZ (OPT 2) interface and I am also sure that the GUI
> and SSH continue to operate. Additionally I am sure that /etc/rc.bootup at
> the shell does not change anything at all once the machine is in this state
> and that only a reboot brings it all back.
>
> As for console messages, I have not been in front of the machine at the
> console to see if there were any.
>
> This has happened twice so far, the first time after 4 days of uptime and
> the second after about 4 or  6 hours of uptime (can't remember exactly).
>
> Todd
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Ullrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Argg! My PfSense just died!
>
>
> top from a shell will tell you this.
>
> I have never ever seen a box just all of the sudden stop working.  If
> a box blows up, it goes big time with kernel panics, etc.  And even
> this I have not seen since being on crappy 5.X.   6.X of FreeBSD is
> looking mighty fine.
>
> Scott
>
>
> On 9/21/05, Mojo Jojo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I meant, nothing plugged into the LAN NIC and nothing plugged into the OPT
> > 2
> > NIC.
> >
> > Sorry about that.
> >
> > I am starting to wonder if this could be a RAM issue, as in, not enough of
> > it.
> >
> > Todd
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chris Buechler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 9:19 AM
> > Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Argg! My PfSense just died!
> >
> >
> > > Mojo Jojo wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> Just some further info..
> > >>
> > >> System died last night again after approx 6 hours of uptime.
> > >>
> > >> I could still get to the GUI, could still SSH to it but it would pass
> > >> any
> > >> traffic through to the OPT 2 (DMZ) interface.
> > >>
> > >> I attempted to run /etc/rc.bootup at the command line which restarted
> > >> Pf
> > >> fine. After the restart of Pf (not the whole computer) everything thing
> > >> was still in the same shape with no traffic passing through to the DMZ.
> > >>
> > >> The only thing that corrected this was a reboot which I initiated via
> > >> the
> > >> Pf GUI.
> > >>
> > >> Further info:
> > >> V. 0.84
> > >> Running on a PIII 933 with 128mb of ram. I have 4 Linksys NICS
> > >> installed
> > >> on the PCI bus and one on the motherboard which I had disabled.
> > >>
> > >> Onboard NIC (disabled in BIOS)
> > >> Linksys NIC 1 > LAN
> > >> Linksys NIC 2 > WAN (static IP on a T1 with ascend T1 router on other
> > >> end)
> > >> Linksys NIC 3 > OPT 1 (DMZ where servers are)
> > >> Linksys NIC 4 > OPT2 (not in use at the moment)
> > >>
> > >> The PC is a DELL, Pf is running on a Hard Drive.
> > >>
> > >> I installed a fresh copy of 0.84, this is not an upgrade.
> > >>
> > >> All Linksys/Network Everywhere NICS are identical model NC100.
> > >>
> > >> I have 26 aliases setup, 46 rules on the WAN tab, 14 rules on the DMZ
> > >> tab
> > >> and none on the LAN or OPT 2.
> > >>
> > >> I have nothing plugged into the WAN NIC and nothing plugged into the
> > >> LAN
> > >> NIC at this time.
> > >>
> > >
> > > umm, above you say it stops passing traffic, here you say you only have
> > > one NIC plugged in?  It can't pass traffic with only one NIC plugged in.
> > > system logs after it stops passing traffic if it happens again may prove
> > > very useful.
> > > -cmb
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