Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:19:34 -0700 From: joshua <spl1t_h0r1z0n@usa.net> To: "Morse, Richard E." <REMORSE@PARTNERS.ORG>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [RE: Network issues...] Message-ID: <20020320191934.27596.qmail@uadvg137.cms.usa.net>
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check the nic in the server and/or the switch/hub/router that it is plugged into. getting an error telling you there is no buffer space would probably mean that the receive or transmit buffer was full (was a backup running at the time?) and that it was dropping packets. what did tcpdump show you? joshua "Morse, Richard E." <REMORSE@PARTNERS.ORG> wrote: > Now I'm even more confused. It seems to have reappeared on the network= =2E > Between the last time I tried to ping (and received the error messages)= and this > time (when it all worked) the only command that had to do with the netw= ork that > I ran was tcpdump... > = > Still looking for ideas, > Ricky > = > -----Original Message----- > From: Morse, Richard E. = > Sent: Tuesday 19 March 2002 9:33 AM > To: 'questions@freebsd.org' > Subject: Network issues... > = > = > Hi! last night at around 1:36 in the morning, my freebsd backup server= dropped > off the network. No error messages are to be found in any of the files= in > /var/log, and amanda just notes "data timeout"s. When I try to 'ping' = any > address, I get the following error: > = > ping: sendto: no buffer space available > = > The green light on the ethernet card (showing that there is a link) is = lit. > = > Can anyone shed any light on this? > = > Thanks, > Ricky > = > ----------------------------------------------------- > Richard Morse System Administrator = > MGH Biostatistics Center 50 Staniford St. Rm 560 > remorse@partners.org 617/724-9830 > = > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > = > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ------------------------------------------------------------ Joshua Smith, CCNA, CCNP Data Center Technician USA.NET "Walk with me through the Universe, And along the way see how all of us are Connected. Feast the eyes of your Soul, On the Love that abounds. In all places at once, seemingly endless, Like your own existence." - Stephen Hawking - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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