Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:05:14 -0700 From: prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: wmoran@potentialtech.com Subject: Re: internet slowdown Message-ID: <20080617220514.1ebdabef@gom.home> In-Reply-To: <20080616082332.02b87114.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <20080616001840.0d0e8fe9@gom.home> <20080616082332.02b87114.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:23:32 -0400
Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote:
> Is the console responsive when this happens?
>
when it bogs it takes ages to even ssh into the server.
> It doesn't sound like a
> CPU issue to me -- ICMP messages are low enough CPU overhead that the
> system would have to be pretty badly bogged for CPU starvation to
> cause problems.
>
agreed - otherwise why would the cpu be idle.
> What do your network traffic graphs show during the slowdowns?
> Perhaps some sort of network flood occurring?
>
we are looking at flow-tools unless you have any other suggestions.
there has been no problems for 2+ days, but we are going to follow
through on this anyways and be prepared.
thank you for your ideas bill and i'll let you know if we learn
anything.
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