From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 10 19:46:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A11C316A4F8 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:46:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cobalt.antimatter.net (cobalt.antimatter.net [69.55.224.239]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F35943D2F for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:46:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glenn@antimatter.net) Received: from glenn-mobile.antimatter.net (66-27-95-123.san.rr.com [66.27.95.123]) (authenticated bits=0)i8AJjrhN003628 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:45:54 -0700 Message-Id: <6.1.0.6.2.20040910123827.102512d0@cobalt.antimatter.net> X-Sender: glenn@cobalt.antimatter.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.0.6 Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:46:41 -0700 To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org From: Glenn Dawson Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: dyn buckets X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:46:58 -0000 I have a firewall running 4.10 that handles around 20mbits/sec of traffic and has around 500 ipfw rules. Lately I've noticed that net.inet.ip.fw.curr_dyn_buckets seems to be maxing out. I've increased net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_buckets a few times, but they seem to max out each time. Is there any problem with increasing net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_buckets far beyond the default? (I'm at 2048 now) -Glenn