Date: 04 Feb 2003 09:58:19 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: stan <stanb@awod.com> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Network bandwidth limiting? Message-ID: <44fzr4jdo4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20030202113806.GA28247@teddy.fas.com> References: <20030202113806.GA28247@teddy.fas.com>
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stan <stanb@awod.com> writes: > I'm trying to replace an HP-UX workstation with an Athalon based GreeBSD > machine, This machien is an Amanda tape server. The FreeBSD machine is a > couple of orsers of mafnitude faster than the HP-UX machin, yet I;m having > problems with losing network conections during the backup sessions. The > Amanda clients are not tolerant of this, and I lose the backup session. > > I'm susecting a networking probem. The network is a simple 10base2 cable, > and the FreeBSD machine has always been an Amanda client, which worked > without a problem. > > I'm wondering if I'm not runing into a deliberate rate limiting issue on > the FreebSD machine. If for instnace I "ping -f" it, I get a bunch of lsot > packets, and a console message about limiting ping response times. What's happening there is that FreeBSD is rate-limiting ICMP packets being sent, which isn't relevant to the TCP packets that are carrying the data for your backups. > Where should I start looking for this? If it were I, with packet traces. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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