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From: Paul Livi <plivi@toronto.cbc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: OACTIVE Errors in BSDi v2.0 Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 16:36:47 -0500 Organization: ftn Internet Lines: 12 Message-ID: <32EE716F.5C78@toronto.cbc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: 159.33.2.50 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; U) Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!phaedrus.kralizec.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!news.tacom.army.mil!ulowell.uml.edu!umassd.edu!alpha-nt.newbedford.k12.ma.us!cam-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!feed1.news.erols.com!hunter.premier.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!142.77.1.4!news.uunet.ca!news.on.rogers.wave.ca!n4tor. istar!tor.istar!east.istar!ftn.net!not-for-mail Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5759 An interface on a BSD firewall will sometimes become inoperative and an ifconfig reveals that the interface is OACTIVE. I have checked BSD's man pages for the error message but have not yet found what this error message means. Using ifconfig UP/DOWN will make the interface operational again (no rebooting required). Does anyone know what an OACTIVE interface status is and what can be done to prevent it? Thanks in advance, Paul