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Date:      Thu, 28 Oct 1999 10:13:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        gallatin@cs.duke.edu
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ip forwarding broken on alpha
Message-ID:  <199910281713.KAA04537@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <14359.43410.495963.975277@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
References:  <14359.43410.495963.975277@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>

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In article <14359.43410.495963.975277@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>, Andrew
Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> wrote:

> I have an older AlphaStation 600 5/266 running -current (cvsupped
> last week) which is setup as a router between 2 100mb networks.
> When the machine is pushed fairly hard (like running a netperf
> -tUDP_STREAM -- -m 100 across the router, eg about 10-20k 100byte
> packets/sec ) the alpha falls over almost instantly.  I have not
> enabled any NAT or firewall functionality, just ip forwarding.
>
> It generally crashes in MCLGET down in the ethernet driver's
> receiver interrupt handler.

I'm probably way off the mark, but I have to ask.  Are you sure
you're not simply running out of mbufs?  I noticed your maxusers is
only 32 and I didn't see an options line to raise NMBCLUSTERS.

John
-- 
  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up."        -- Nora Ephron


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