My link state keeps going up and down

[Koros1691]

Hi there,

I just finished installing nas4free 9.1 and when I went to do a test transfer to see if everything was working ok I was only getting a couple hundred kb/s. I started to look into it and I saw my log was full of

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kernel: bfe0: link state changed to UP
kernel: bfe0: link state changed to DOWN
kernel: bfe0: link state changed to UP

that is literally all that is says. I have no idea what else you will need from me so just let me know and I will provide it for you .

Thanks in advance, Koros

[raulfg3]

probably due a bad driver/nic, revise if you use jumbo frames and set it to 1500 default, if still have problems, probably you need to buy a new NIC (Intel ones are the most compatible).

Of course, revise cable, up/down can be a bad cable

[raulfg3]

post your exact NIC, bfe is for Bradcom BCM4401 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?quer ... .1-RELEASE

[Koros1691]

Hi and thanks for the help,

I was planning on adding a intel nic down the line anyways just wanted to get it set up and working for now. The nic I am using currently is just the onboard nic on a Dell Dimension 2400. I tested the cable and it seems fine and I never changed my mtu so it is at the default 1500. The really odd thing is is that I was downloading some torrents to see if it would drop connection and It never did. So it just seems to drop constantly when transferring files over the network.

[raulfg3]

Dell Dimension 2400 have Bradcom BCM4401 : http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/ ... nsion-2400 . if you can, try an Intel NIC