Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:08:16 -0600 (CST) From: Jeff Lynch <jeff@mercury.jorsm.com> To: "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@imach.com> Cc: Kal Torak <kaltorak@quake.com.au>, FreeBSD ISP <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Whats with this -> sendto: No buffer space available Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0111272203320.32035-100000@mercury.jorsm.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0111272035460.22748-100000@workhorse.iMach.com>
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On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Forrest W. Christian wrote: > What does a netstat -m show when this occurs? I'll hack the cron script that detects and restarts the tunnel to find out at the time of failure. Could it be a problem on the other end of the connection or does this have to be a problem from the sending source (Note, it's a one way pipe by design so we won't see failures in the other direction). --jeff > > I suspect you don't have enough mbufs. > > On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Jeff Lynch wrote: > > > 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 > > > > 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 > > > > - Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) AC7DE > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Innovation Machine Ltd. P.O. Box 5749 > http://www.imach.com/ Helena, MT 59604 > Home of PacketFlux Technogies and BackupDNS.com (406)-442-6648 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Protect your personal freedoms - visit http://www.lp.org/ > > ============================================================================ 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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