Network config issue

[Wouter van Rooij]

> Hi ..
> 
> I am not sure if this is a newbie's question or not.
> 
> I am running a new i386 5.3 release install.  Everything is coming up fine.
> After a period of time, it varies, I will lose the ability to ping my router,
> though I can get to other hosts that I know about.  The router is fine, as
> the other machines can access the WAN.  The NIC is Ok, the cable, switch and
> router are all OK.
> 
> When the loss happens, if I do a 'netstat -r' I get hung up on the IPv6 part.
> I think that IPv6 is turned off (nothing in rc.conf).
> 
> Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Try to run /stand/sysinstall.
Go to configure and then networking and then interfaces.
Pick the interface of your networkcard and it asks:
Do you want to try IPv6 configuration of the interface?
Then try Yes.
If this doesn't work your server doesn't support it I guess

Wouter van Rooij