FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE Totally Freezes on TightVNC Connection

[Russell Doucette]

Mike Jakubik wrote:
> Russell Doucette wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have this weird problem with FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE and I'm using it 
>> has a router between my cable modem and my LAN.  I use the ipf 
>> firewall technology and have forwarded ports so I can use TightVNC to 
>> connect to my Windows XP machine from another location.  However, 
>> after a few minutes or so of use, the BSD machine completely freezes 
>> (the keyboard freezes, the display freezes [no text updates when I 
>> was running a traffic analyzer], and all my network interfaces go 
>> dead).  I have to physically turn off the machine and turn it back 
>> on.  This only happens when I use TightVNC.
>
> It's either a hardware problem, or some serious issue with ipf. As a 
> side note, i would highly recommend you ditch ipf and switch to pf 
> instead, its a much better firewall.
>
Yeah, I fixed it.  I switched network cards and the BSD box works fine 
now.  It was either the network driver or the network card itself.  
Thanks for the help.

R. Doucette