From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 20 20:50:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA14805 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 20:50:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from worldint.com (wiretap.worldint.com [209.69.11.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA14725 for ; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 20:50:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from becca@worldint.com) Received: (from becca@localhost) by worldint.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA02070; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 23:49:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 23:49:34 -0500 (EST) From: Becca Anderson To: David Greenman cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TCP/IP Problems In-Reply-To: <199803200605.WAA15299@implode.root.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, David Greenman wrote: > >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? > Thanks for you help David, after I gave my isp the error message this morning, they came back and said that they ordered in an upgrade for the router and another interface, and will be moving us to the new interface away from heavy-traffic sites. Thanks again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Becca Anderson (becca@worldint.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message