On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 09:59:00PM -0400, Nick Holland wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> 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. > ... > > *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...). > > Agreed. Some IBM systems of that vintage had "power saving" modes which > went quite beyond the call of duty, turning way too much off way too > "hard". Your description sounds very much like this.
I have an old compaq that was doing the same. Yesterday, I disabled apm0 using 'config -e' and none of the nics has gone to sleep since (but then again, maybe I'm just doing something else different). Worth a try perhaps? (See config(8) on how to modify your kernel's properties without recompiling). -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
