From owner-freebsd-pf@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 2 11:34:14 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF31716A418 for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:34:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from patpro@patpro.net) Received: from smtp1-g19.free.fr (smtp1-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FCAD13C46B for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:34:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from patpro@patpro.net) Received: from smtp1-g19.free.fr (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CDE71AB2E6; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:34:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from boleskine.patpro.net (boleskine.patpro.net [82.235.12.223]) by smtp1-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDCC41AB2E0; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:34:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (unknown [192.168.0.2]) by boleskine.patpro.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB2141CC0E; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:34:10 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <20070802204314.23724@caamora.com.au> References: <001101c7d441$0f61aa10$2e24fe30$@Hennessy@nviz.net> <569F9080-B78F-400B-B3C5-FCA05F04BF80@patpro.net> <000701c7d458$068f1780$13ad4680$@Hennessy@nviz.net> <84F1F457-8D05-4872-A24A-EC40482F90A8@patpro.net> <20070802204314.23724@caamora.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <8BB113D7-FBCD-45A5-A7D9-F3A7F4E36771@patpro.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Patrick Proniewski Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:34:10 +0200 To: jonathan michaels X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: volker werth , Greg Hennessy , freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Subject: Re: strange "throttling" issue with pf on xDSL connection X-BeenThere: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion and general questions about packet filter \(pf\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:34:14 -0000 On 02 ao=FBt 2007, at 12:43, jonathan michaels wrote: > i'm just started up his authored "/etc/pc.conf" file and i saw the > error messages that patrick reported a few days ago .. do you mean that kind of message: "pflogd[410]: [priv]: msg =20 PRIV_OPEN_LOG received" ? I don't think it's an error message. It's a debug message. Depending =20 on the traffic, it will show up every hours or every two/three/four =20 hours... > i didnot notice much when i started pf at 1145 pm but this morning and > now more nociceably the netwprk is getting more sluggish esp' whenever > i do ssh based connection, or sudo "channeled" for root priv's > software, admin tasks. > it is all pretty much as patric describes but i am not on xdsl it looks like it's not the same problem. Your connection become =20 sluggish with time, mine is throttled from the beginning and regain =20 full speed when I disable pf. May be your computer is swamped in swap ? may be your pf config makes =20= you log too many things and your HD is full ?, ... patpro