I have the same problem, and my compaq pentium 200 mmx is very cold and is
the standard pc. If i don't work with this in 10 or 15 minutes, the ping to
the ip adress is imposible, i touch the keyboard and restart automaticaly
the network.

Some ideas. Tx.

Ferran


"DJ_Farid" <dj_farid@hotmail.com> escribió en el mensaje
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> erik <erik@geenspam.vanwesten.net> wrote in message
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> > DJ_Farid wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > I have an OpenBSD 3.2 box. It's an AMD K5 150Mhz, 21Mb RAM with a
> > > D-Link DFE-530TX NIC. I run a FTP on it.
> > > It can run smothly for months, until there is a lot of traffic on it.
> > > The network just dies when that happens. The machine seems tu run
> > > normal, but no traffic can go in or out. I can't even access with SSH.
> > > But when I log in locally on the machine and reboot the thing, it
> > > works again until the next time the networktraffic-load gets very
> > > high.
> > > Does anyone know what causes this? I don't even know how to
> > > troubleshoot this problem. Where do I begin? Does anyone know how to
> > > fix this?
> > >
> > > Any suggestions are welcome.
> >
> > Is the system overclocked? Does the processor fan work properly? I've
> > seen similar faults on a system where the processor fan did not work
> > anymore.
> >
> > EJ
>
> The system is not overclocked. The fan works properly.
> Could it be a heat related problem? The machine is not hot, but it
> could be colder though...