I agree with both of your statements. The portfast option isn't a solution, but it does make debugging this issue a lot less painful.
Admittedly, I did not expect to run into hardware/driver issues when I was buying these NICs. :( In fact, that's exactly the reason I went with Intel HW in the first place. Thank You, Nathan Eisenberg Sr. Systems Administrator Atlas Networks, LLC Atlas Networks is an Atlas Accelerator Company -----Original Message----- From: Paul Mansfield [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 3:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: AW: [pfSense Support] em0: Watchdog timeout -- resetting Fuchs, Martin wrote: > And perhaps try to set the port speed in pfsense AND the switch, e.g. > 1000MBit FD... > Sometimes this helps, too Once you start setting port speeds to fix rates and duplex you're going down a long and slippery slope, it's best to avoid it unless there's a proven good reason! > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Can't help with your pfsense problem, but it might help to configure > this on your switch. > > "spanning-tree portfast" Configured on your cisco switch will change the > port to a forwarding state immediately. this might help hide the symptom of the interface bouncing but isn't really a cure --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
