From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 22 16:39:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA03770 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 22 Feb 1996 16:39:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA03765 for ; Thu, 22 Feb 1996 16:39:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA20644; Fri, 23 Feb 1996 11:05:58 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199602230035.LAA20644@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: out of buffers? To: mikee@sys8.wfc.com (Mike Eggleston) Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 11:05:58 +1030 (CST) Cc: support@cdrom.com, questions@freebsd.com In-Reply-To: <9602221759.AA20327@sys8.wfc.com> from "Mike Eggleston" at Feb 22, 96 11:59:54 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Mike Eggleston stands accused of saying: > > I've installed freebsd 2.1 and am trying to run the user version of > ppp through a bitsurfer pro. The dial and login chat scripts work and > I do get connected to my provider. I get the proper routes and can > ping my gateway and other machines on the inet. Sometime after I get > connected my ping stops working saying that the network is unreachable > and that its out of buffers. > > What is running out of buffers and how can I allocate more buffers? I > assume these are MBUF's that have been exhausted. Your link has gone down, and the kernel has run out of space to buffer the extra packets to send. You need to work out why the link has gone. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[