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Date:      Tue, 4 May 1999 15:57:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Matthew Gessner <mgessner.freebsd@flashmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Question about LOTS of outgoing TCP connections with data
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905041551360.28350-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <372F2B72.6B44D5F7@flashmail.com>

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On Tue, 4 May 1999, Matthew Gessner wrote:

> I apologize immediately for the cross post, but I don't know who
> frequents which lists.
> At least I avoided hackers :-)

One more and majordomo would have rejected it.

> I have a program that creates X tcp connections to a given host (it's a
> proprietary network interface card... X.25, TCP/IP, etc).
> 
> Now, I want to be able to test this sucker from FreeBSD.  When I start
> all 400 connections, 3.1-RELEASE REBOOTS.
> 
> Hmm... kind of nasty behaviour.
> 
> I'm running on a Pentium 166MHz with 32MB of RAM and a 96MB swap space.
> 
> PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can someone tell me if I have a kernel
> configuration problem with this?
> Or is there something more sinister going on?

Heck if I know, all I know is that you're running 3.1R.   Can't do much
off of that.

> I KNOW FreeBSD can EASILY handle such things, a la www.cdrom.com which
> hosts a lot more data throughput than this.

wcarchive is running 2.2.X I thought.  Plus it's running a _heavily_
modified system and kernel.  Maybe 3.1-STABLE...

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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