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Date:      Fri, 13 Mar 1998 19:12:23 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Daniel Lang <dl@leo.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: out of buffer space problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980313191126.19404M-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19980313100823.51462@hp3.informatik.tu-muenchen.de>

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On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Daniel Lang wrote:

> Hi,
> is there a simple way to enlarge the network buffers
> (mbufs) ? 
> A hint where to look for instructions how to do it,
> would be enough, the handbook and the FAQ don't seem
> to cover this topic.

See /sys/i386/conf/LINT.  Also make sure that this *really* is your
problem; monitor netstat -m and make sure that the second number of the
mbuf clusters line doesn't get near 2/3 of the total system mbufs (I think
the default is 255).

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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