Date: Sun, 01 Feb 1998 21:08:54 From: "M. Monninger" <markem@primenet.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: netstat -m Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980201210854.0098aba0@pop.primenet.com>
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Can someone explain (or point me to some info on) the values displayed by netstat -m? I'm running FBSD 2.2.5 on a old 486 box, using it as a gateway/firewall between my home LAN and my xdsl line to my ISP. It's dedicated to that function...runs only natd and dhcpc, no users except for a console session via the serial port. It works very well except that every two or three days it locks up. No console messages or log messages, it just freezes, requiring a punch of the reset button. Someone here mentioned mbufs and netstat -m and I started watching it. All the resource usages displayed seem to be always growing. I'm beginning to wonder if it's leaking something and causing the lock-ups. As I understand it, those allocations are based on the MAXUSER value. It's set to 16 now. Anyone have any advice on this? Am I chasing a red herring? The vmstat values seem to be OK. Any comments will be appreciated. OTOH, I guess I could take the path of least resistance and set up a cron job to reboot every couple days... Thanks... Mark
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