From owner-freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 29 07:55:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36DBC16A415 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:55:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from if@hetzner.co.za) Received: from mail1a.your-server.co.za (mail1a.your-server.co.za [196.7.18.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31FB643CAD for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:55:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from if@hetzner.co.za) Received: from [192.168.2.25] (helo=hetzner.co.za) by mail1a.your-server.co.za with esmtpa (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GpKI6-0005bW-MT; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:55:38 +0200 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by hetzner.co.za with esmtp (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1GpKI0-0000mr-Vn; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:55:33 +0200 To: "D G Teed" From: Ian FREISLICH In-Reply-To: Message from "D G Teed" of "Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:56:55 -0400." X-Attribution: BOFH Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:55:32 +0200 Message-Id: X-Authenticated-Sender: if@hetzner.co.za X-Virus-Scanned: Clear (ClamAV 0.88.4/2257/Wed Nov 29 05:12:04 2006) Cc: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org, AT Matik Subject: Re: how to go about diagnosing cause of packet loss X-BeenThere: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: IPFW Technical Discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:55:42 -0000 "D G Teed" wrote: > Hi, > > OK, I think you've helped us prove that ipfw isn't the issue. > The packet loss remained with rule 01 of allow ip from any > to any. We'll need to measure our bandwidth > processed on the box. Thanks for the help. What version of FreeBSD are you running. I've been experiencing wierd packet loss recently, which I suspect is a result of arp wierdness or routing table largness. It's a CURRENT box, ~1000 hosts behind it, ~1900 routes - not large by any stretch of the imagination. Packet loss doesn't seem related to bandwidth. Ian -- Ian Freislich