Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 13:02:14 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "M. Monninger" <markem@primenet.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: netstat -m Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980203125508.13454G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980201210854.0098aba0@pop.primenet.com>
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On Sun, 1 Feb 1998, M. Monninger wrote: > Can someone explain (or point me to some info on) the values displayed by > netstat -m? Sure. The number you are want to watch is this one: 32/194 mbuf clusters in use Those numbers should never get closer than 3/4 of the total mubs in the system. I can't find the system default number, but you can set it using `options "NMBCLUSTERS=xxx"' in your kernel config. If that is hitting the limt then strange network things can happen. > I'm running FBSD 2.2.5 on a old 486 box, using it as a > gateway/firewall between my home LAN and my xdsl line to my ISP. It's > dedicated to that function...runs only natd and dhcpc, no users except for > a console session via the serial port. It works very well except that every > two or three days it locks up. No console messages or log messages, it just > freezes, requiring a punch of the reset button. Check your memory out too, it could be bad. Or your NIC is unhappy. 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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