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Date:      Mon, 17 Feb 2003 10:10:07 -0800 (PST)
From:      Ralph Forsythe <rforsythe@centerone.com>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: misc/39341: ppp + USB modem problem
Message-ID:  <200302171810.h1HIA7nn056681@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR misc/39341; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ralph Forsythe <rforsythe@centerone.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: misc/39341: ppp + USB modem problem
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 11:20:06 -0700 (MST)

 Just as an addition, I am experiencing almost the same thing under FreeBSD
 4.7, from a CVS tree dated to approx. the end of December.
 
 HOWEVER, some other variations:
 - Mine dumps with something like 'no free buffers'.  The rest of the
 output looks similar, however I am not able to supply the actual text now;
 I will reply back with that later.
 - Heavy load can cause it, however it's merely a catalyst, not the cause.
 I thought it was just me blasting the modem with extensive traffic (max
 speed is about 170k download, Ricochet modem i.e. Metricom G2) so I left
 it with minimal traffic, an ssh session and web browsing here and there -
 no heavy downloads.  It still crashed, it just took longer.  It's almost
 as though there is a finite amount of something available, or some number
 it can't count any higher with, or something isn't being freed, and
 downloading a lot just makes it happen faster.
 - I tried both from a NAT'd XP workstation behind the FreeBSD box, and
 from the BSD box itself.  Doesn't seem to make a difference, therefore I
 believe NAT is not a contributing factor here.
 
 Contact me if you need more info about my setup.  In the meantime I will
 reproduce and post the actual dump output later.
 

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