Network problem with a dell poweredge 1950

Hello,

I have some problem installing Freebsd on a dell poweredge 1950 server.

The installation is ok, all work fine with a freebsd 7,2 amd64 release (and stable) cd, but after a quarter of on hour, I lost the ethernet connexion. I'm not able to connect on a server with csup, i'm not able to connect on a ftp server and I'm not able to initate a ssh connexion to the server.

If I try to ping him :
Code:
64 bytes from 172.16.1.40: icmp_seq=0 ttl=127 time=54.351 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.1.40: icmp_seq=1 ttl=127 time=34.975 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.1.40: icmp_seq=2 ttl=127 time=35.099 ms

However, when I connect me to the server directly through the console, running the "ifconfig" command show me that the interface is UP. "top" command is ok too. I can make a "dig" but I can't do anything else (ftp, csup, ping, etc..)

Has someone an idea ? I'm actually trying to make the world.
Should I try ton install FreeBSD 8 instead ?
 
Did you enable any firewalls? Also check /etc/rc.conf again to make sure the network settings are correct.

Using FreeBSD 8 won't solve any problems.
 
No, I don't have enable any firewall. Here you can see what happend :

Code:
64 bytes from 172.16.1.40: icmp_seq=39 ttl=63 time=0.510 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.1.40: icmp_seq=40 ttl=63 time=0.522 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.1.40: icmp_seq=41 ttl=63 time=0.518 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.1.40: icmp_seq=42 ttl=63 time=0.727 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.1.40: icmp_seq=43 ttl=127 time=53.300 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.1.40: icmp_seq=44 ttl=127 time=34.827 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.1.40: icmp_seq=45 ttl=127 time=34.603 ms
64 bytes from 172.16.1.40: icmp_seq=46 ttl=127 time=34.720 ms

I have checked again the /etc/rc.conf, but it contains the same configuration as my other servers under linux.

I'will try to change him into another lan.
 
Besides the increased RTT the TTL is also different.
With what kind of machine/OS are you pinging the server? What's in between?
 
You were right. I change him to another LAN, and it works perfectly.
I have this in my rc.conf

Code:
#defaultrouter="172.16.1.21"
#ifconfig_bce1="inet 172.16.1.40  netmask 255.255.0.0"
ifconfig_bce1="DHCP"

If I look what's inside my linux configuration :
Code:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 172.16.1.31
netmask 255.255.0.0
network 172.16.1.0
broadcast 172.16.1.255
gateway 172.16.1.21

It's the same. I dont know what happens, but it seems to be something else.
 
There is a windows (sic) firewall between the lan 192.168.95.0, Internet and the lan 172.16.40.0

I think the problem is there. I'm rigth ?
 
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