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Date:      Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:33:01 +1000
From:      "Andrew Specht" <andrew@iaccess.com.au>
To:        "Shawn Ramsey" <shawn@cpl.net>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: crashing machine...
Message-ID:  <019b01bdb5f2$fb1c7060$e34a05cb@alpine.iaccess>

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I've had the exact problem.  Use netstat -m to see how many mbuf clusters
you have available.

If you need more, put this into your kernel config and recompile it:

options "NMBCLUSTERS=25000"

That is what i'm using.  Be aware though that they do use up RAM.


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Andrew Specht
System Administrator / Internet Access Australia
andrew@iaccess.com.au
http://www.iaccess.com.au
-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net>
To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Friday, July 24, 1998 12:15 AM
Subject: crashing machine...


>We have a macine that keeps crashing.. the only thing in /var/log/messages
>regarding it is the following :
>
>Jul 21 10:10:33 solo /kernel: Out of mbuf clusters - increase maxusers!
>
>Is there anything I can do about this , other than increasing maxusers?
I've
>done this and it has made no difference. If it makes a difference, this is
a
>router with an ETINC ET5025 PCI card, using version 2.56 of the drivers.
>
>thanks.
>
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