From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 27 07:58:44 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AF3616A4BF for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 07:58:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.cvt.dk (ns.cvt.dk [130.225.95.186]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC32B43FF5 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 07:58:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cp@cvt.dk) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.cvt.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97BC61C3259 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:58:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from cvt.dk (cp.cvt.dk [130.225.95.152]) by mail.cvt.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEE1D1C3258 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:58:39 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <3F4CC6BE.25264739@cvt.dk> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:57:02 +0200 From: Christoffer Pio Organization: Center for Videnteknologi X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS snapshot-20020222 Subject: sendto: no buffer space available (yet no queue and plenty mbufs) X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 14:58:44 -0000 I'm experiencing the em intel nic 100/1000 mb driver produces the 'no buffer space available' error when I break the connection (pull out the cable), yet netstat -m and netstat -an shows no packets in queue and plenty of mbuf and nmbclusters free. When I plug the cable back in ping resumes shortly working alright .. It must be the buffer on the NIC which gets exhausted? I am trying to make sure it is safe to put the box into production environment, the em driver is not buggy on freebsd 4.8 ? Christoffer