Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 21:13:47 -0600 (CST) From: Jeff Lynch <jeff@mercury.jorsm.com> To: Kal Torak <kaltorak@quake.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD ISP <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Whats with this -> sendto: No buffer space available Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0111272111070.32035-100000@mercury.jorsm.com> In-Reply-To: <3C0454B6.6000102@quake.com.au>
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Funny you should mention this. We see the same thing with a vtun pipe and the tun device. Have to take the ppp interface down and up to get traffic flowing again. --jeff On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Kal Torak wrote: > This keeps happening... > > I have adsl running on my gateway using pppoe with userppp > and its internal nat enabled, also a fairly simple ipfw config > blocking a few ports... > > Now every so often all data stops and checking on the gateway > trying to send something I get the "sendto: No buffer space available" > error and have to reboot and everything is fine again... > > It seems to happen at random, sometimes its fine for a week, > sometimes only a few days and it happens... There is nothing > of interest logged in ppp.log or security or messages... > > What causes this buffer to fill up and not empty? Here in australia > telstras adsl is really crap and you often cant get more than 2 > hops past the peer... Im wondering if its something to do with > apps like bitchx trying to constantly reconnect when the network > is down filling up the buffer??? > > But shouldnt the buffer eventualy empty as things time out or something? > There is really not that much that should be trying to connect besides > a few irc sessions... > > Anyway any ideas? Should I tweek some settings? Increase the max users > in the kernel? This is a really annoying little problem... > > Thanks!! > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > ============================================================================ Jeffrey A. Lynch | JORSM Internet, Regional Internet Services email: jeff@jorsm.com | 7 Area Codes in Chicagoland and NW Indiana Voice: (219)322-2180 | 100Mbps+ Connectivity, 56K-DS3, V.90, ISDN Autoresponse: info@jorsm.com | Quality Service, Affordable Prices http://www.jorsm.com | Serving Gov, Biz, Residential Since 1995 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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