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    Help with ALIX - reboot needed ~10min!!

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    • GruensFroeschliG
      GruensFroeschli
      last edited by

      Do you see anything in the logs when that happens?
      It "could" be the ALIX itself (a friend once recieved a buggy WRAP and had to send it in again).

      Have you tried other software on the alix?

      We do what we must, because we can.

      Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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        databeestje
        last edited by

        Run the following command from the console to see if you can detect any messages regarding the problem.

        clog /var/log/system.log|more
        and
        dmesg|more

        Could also be that you have a switch issue of sorts. Something you can try is replacing the power supply by something beefier. A 12V 1A or 1.2A would be great. Don't use power supplies higher then 18 Volts!

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          pcmofo
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          I have left it on and left the house since my last post. When I came home it didnt work at all. Then like 15 minutes later it started working for no reason what so ever. I did not restart it and all of a sudden it is working again. I dont understand. I have a 15v 1.2A powersupply that is working fine… The lights never show any indication of a problem and the console always works... it is just the web interface and internet that doesnt work. I have tried m0nowall and pfsense.... any more ideas besides a bad board?

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          • chpalmerC
            chpalmer
            last edited by

            Patch cable??

            Triggering snowflakes one by one..
            Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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              pcmofo
              last edited by

              @chpalmer:

              Patch cable??

              Same setup works fine with ipcop. I have an old pc setup with ipcop. I just swapped it out for the ALIX board. Its working right now but hasnt for the past 30 min… it seems to work in spurts.... idk.... I would really like this to work so that I can get a few clients of mine to use them to vpn between offices.... :-/

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              • chpalmerC
                chpalmer
                last edited by

                Which version of the firmware are you using?

                Triggering snowflakes one by one..
                Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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                  pcmofo
                  last edited by

                  @chpalmer:

                  Which version of the firmware are you using?

                  1.2 embedded

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                  • dotdashD
                    dotdash
                    last edited by

                    Just checking, but you are running the 0.99 bios on that, right?

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                      pcmofo
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                      @dotdash:

                      Just checking, but you are running the 0.99 bios on that, right?

                      Yes. And I just tried 1.2.1 which seems to work slightly better but still lose all connectivity except the serial port every 10 min

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                        pcmofo
                        last edited by

                        some new developements. When I reset my switches or sometimes disable and renable wifi or LAN conn I can connect to the Internet fine. The LAN still works fine the whole time and it does the same thing with static and dynamic ip on all the pcs. I still haven't figured this out. I might have to go back to ipcop.

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                          pcmofo
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                          I have gone back to using my linksys router while I sort out this ALIX problems. I am currently building a server closet which should be done in a day or two so we will see how things shape up when everything is installed in its final place.

                          I am hoping someone can provide a suggestion as to anything I can try or something I might be doing wrong….

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                            elliotcater
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                            Hi,

                            I suppose i shouldn't complain as my alix decides to reboot itself ever few hours instead of me having to go and physically reboot it!

                            But I am sick of it now.  With no warning I get a fatal trap 12 page fault panic and it reboots, I've tried re-installing on different CF cards, resizing the image so the diskusage isn't hovering at 94%, updated bios to 0.99, put the box on a ups with surge protection etc… I'm lost!

                            Is it time to send it back and get a new one sent out and just deal with the downtime?

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                              eri--
                              last edited by

                              Are this page faults in 1.2 or 1.2.1?
                              Can you be more verbose on your setups?

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                                elliotcater
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                                yes sorry

                                Latest (stable 1.2) embedded release running on a 1Gb CF card (not re-sized so really 128) with the 0.99 tiny bios.

                                I have 2 wan connections load balanced using the guide from the forum with a handfull of nat rules pointing to a couple of servers on the lan.

                                here is an example of something I captured thru the serial:

                                enter an option: kernel trap 12 with interrupts disabled

                                Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
                                fault virtual address  = 0x4f0c92cc
                                fault code              = supervisor read, page not present
                                instruction pointer    = 0x20:0xc0631273
                                stack pointer          = 0x28:0xcbff1cec
                                frame pointer          = 0x28:0xcbff1d0c
                                code segment            = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
                                                        = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
                                processor eflags        = resume, IOPL = 0
                                current process        = 35 (schedcpu)
                                trap number            = 12
                                panic: page fault
                                Uptime: 30m14s
                                Cannot dump. No dump device defined.
                                Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort

                                This happens every so often but at least once a day.

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