[BUGS] fxp0 4min DOWN/UP cycle

[Callum Gibson]

On 15Jan08 16:24, Jerahmy Pocott wrote:
}Not yet, I plan to try a different port+cable but the whole 4 minutes  
}exactly between down/up pair really makes me think it's software  
}related..

Maybe, but it could just be some sort of timeout occuring (which would
be in the software), and it resets the interface at a regular interval.
The underlying cause could still be hardware related.

}It doesn't seem to be related to traffic, although I'm getting a LOT  
}of login attempts on ssh, but looking at the logs for today the link  
}went down when no attack was happening?

I was getting heaps too so I moved to a non-standard port. That
improved things dramatically. I had attacks really frequently so I
don't know if you can imply anything about your link problems from
that if they happen around the clock.

}Jan 15 12:39:04 beastie kernel: fxp0: link state changed to DOWN
}Jan 15 12:39:06 beastie kernel: fxp0: link state changed to UP
}Jan 15 12:41:39 beastie kernel: fxp0: link state changed to DOWN
}Jan 15 12:41:40 beastie kernel: fxp0: link state changed to UP

That's only 2 min, not 4, and it's not an even interval either.

    C

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