From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 30 13:00:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA18460 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 13:00:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vdp01.vailsystems.com (root@vdp01.vailsystems.com [207.152.98.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA18446 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 13:00:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hal@vailsys.com) Received: from crocodile.vale.com (crocodile.vale.com [192.168.128.47]) by vdp01.vailsystems.com (8.8.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA14429 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 15:01:40 -0600 (CST) Received: from jaguar.vail.vailsys.com (jaguar.vale.com [192.168.129.46]) by crocodile.vale.com (8.8.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA05548 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 15:00:09 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 15:00:08 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199801302100.PAA05548@crocodile.vale.com> From: Hal Snyder To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD too fast? Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" We just had a few moments of excitement when several production servers became slow to respond and collisions escalated. Turns out someone was transferring a large file between two high end FreeBSD systems, and this saturated the 10-BaseT segment they share with several other hosts. Switching hub and/or fast ether are in the cards, but I wonder, is there a way - sysctl? bandwidth limits? - to keep this from happening in the mean time? Hal Snyder Vail Systems