Re: How to tell FreeBSD to immediately break network connection instead of those stupid "ed0: device timeout" repeated 10-20 times if other computer (the one FreeBSD was connected to) was shut down?

["Matthew Emmerton" <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi
>
> I have one problem with my home network. I'm using
> FreeBSD to mount shares on my computer under Windows.
> When I turn off the computer with Windows I begin to
> receive this message in FreeBSD (and it repeats from
> 10 to 20 times with  10 seconds interval):
>
> ed0: device timeout
>
> How to get rid of this annoying message? How can I
> tell FreeBSD to stop trying to connect to Windows if
> first attempt fails?

It has nothing to do with samba or the fact that you Windows computer has
gone away.  It's a sign of a bad (or poor quality) NIC.

--
Matt Emmerton


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