Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 08:03:19 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Kerry Morse <kerry.morse@metrotas.com.au> Cc: "'Brian Somers'" <brian@Awfulhak.org>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/13506: Problem with ppp octet counter rolling into negati ves. Message-ID: <199909020703.IAA60637@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Sep 1999 08:43:37 %2B1000." <ECECEC41EFFCD211B2D500A0C9D3ABB705E6D5@Blitzen.metrotas.com.au>
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kerry.morse@metrotas.com.au said:
> Ok... Basically then link had been up for approximately 8 days, in
> which time had been working fine, reestablishing connections
> correctly, only this time when the counter had rolled into the
> negative, it ceased to work at all, the phone line stayed connected.
> Once ppp was terminated and restarted it started working correctly
> and has done since. I just found it kinda funny that it stopped
> working about the time it went negative and thought you might be
> interested to know. I'll look at enabling LCP, chat and IPCP logging
> tonight; filters none enabled.
Which counter are we talking about ? The throughput counters are
unsigned long longs in the latest sources.... If this is what
wrapped, I find it surprising that that would cause any problems.
As well as enabling the above logging (I wouldn't bother with the
tcp/ip logging if the connection's going to be up 8 days and there
are no filters), it may be worth enabling a diagnostic socket (set
server) and when it jams, make a connection and do a ``show mem''.
This'll show if there are any outstanding packets. A ``show links''
would be interesting too and maybe a ``show physical'' (or ``show
modem'' if you're running an older version).
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org>
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