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Date:      Thu, 19 Mar 1998 22:05:53 -0800
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Becca Anderson <becca@worldint.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: TCP/IP Problems 
Message-ID:  <199803200605.WAA15299@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 20 Mar 1998 01:02:36 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.91.980320005900.15540A-100000@win3.worldint.com> 

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>On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, David Greenman wrote:
>
>>    A source quench occurs when there are no more receive buffers available,
>> so this sounds like a problem on the receiving machine rather than the
>> transmitting machine as previously assumed. What do the stats look like
>> on the receiver? Also, 'netstat -di' would be useful since it shows drops
>> due to no buffers available.
>> 
>That message actually came from the router for the server at the isp.

   Hmmm. This indicates to me that the router is generally low on buffers,
possibly due to heavy congestion. What is the speed of the ISP's upstream
connection?

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

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