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[Please CC replies to me, I'm not subscribed to tech-net]

Hey all,

I've run into this problem twice already and wish to fix it.  Allow me to
explain:

When my Internet connection for some reason is dropped by my provider (for
maintenance or whatever reason), I get this message:
Jan 25 18:46:04 frohike /netbsd: mtd0: receive buffer unavailable

After that, the computer is completely unavailable from the `net.
When I physically get to the machine and ping some host, suddenly the
machine is accessible from the outside again.

The strange thing is, I've had a p2p application running, and I've set up
fetchmail to check my e-mail every 2 minutes.
Why don't these two applications `activate' my connection, and a ping does?


I'd like this fixed before 2.0, of course.  So could anyone tell me how
to reproduce this situation, so I can tinker around a little?  I can't
reproduce it myself.  (I've tried pulling the network cable, thereby
`simulating' a connection drop, but that didn't trigger the error.)

Any ideas for fixes in my (dev/ic/mtd803.c) code would also be appreciated =
;)

Or (seems unlikely to me) is this a problem on my ISP's side (or in TCP/IP)?

Kind regards,
Peter
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