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Date:      Tue, 19 Feb 2002 08:21:01 +0200
From:      Girnet Vladimir <VGirnet@megadat.com>
To:        "'net@freebsd.org'" <net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: network buffer problem
Message-ID:  <8E9035BABCA0514EB0E574B6A7082FC305319B@sln01.megadat.com>

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>On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Randy Bush wrote:

> > If you have 4.5 and enough memory one option is to use
> > MAXUSERS=0 and remove and "options NMBCLUSTERS"
>>
>> that's how it is now.
>>
>> before the latest builds, it uses to be MAXUSERS=96.  maybe i should
>> revert that.
>>
>> and i have to open the box sometime soon, so i'll shove a bunch of
>> ram in it.
>>
>> randy

>Yep, the autoscaling would have chosen MAXUSERS=64, so you've been running
>with fewer NMBCLUSTERS than usual.  OTOH, whatever extraordinary event
>that caused you to run out of mbuf clusters that one time may very well
>also run you out of mbuf clusters even at MAXUSERS=96; mbuf clusters tend
>to get eaten pretty quickly.

>Either way, adding ram sounds like a good idea.  :)

>Mike "Silby" Silbersack

I found, that NO_MATTER what type of interface do you use on FreeBSD 4.5R.
 When DUMMYNET is enabled, and use some pipe rulez, ping with packets more
than 4096 always got 
  ping: sendto: No buffer space available
  

  Looking forward to your reply,
 Vladimir Girnet

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