Hi Dave, How much have of memory ?
Do you have kernel tune ? sysctl tune ? ipfilter tune ? Check memory : start ten "md5 /kernel" and do you have same response ? # ipf -v ? How much have ipfilter state ? How much have ipfilter nat ? Do you flush ipfilter state ? (ipf -F <i|o|a|s|S> Send you ipf.conf ? Send you ipnat.conf ? Do you have two interface FastEthernet ? or others ? (*DSL ?) Regard. Dave Raven wrote: > Hi all, > I'm running ipf v3.4.29 on a FreeBSD > 4.7-RELEASE-p9 box, and having > mbuf cluster problems. It appears that > ipnat may not be releasing mbuf clusters > after use, if thats possible? > > I have 65000 mbuf clusters, and the box > is on a 256K link - its not overloaded. > Whenever IPNat is under use, the mbuf > clusters continue to rise until reaching the > limit, and the box halting. I'm seeing the > mbuf cluster usage rise by about 5000 > every 30 minutes, which is quite quickly... > At night when the load goes, it stops rising, > but doesnt flush at all. The next morning the > mbuf cluster value is still just as high (but > has not risen)... > > Is there a way I can tell for sure if its IpNat > that is using up all the mbuf clusters? I need > to find out for sure that it is actually ipnat > before I can really try solve the problem. > > Is there a history at all of problems like this? > Because I certainly cant find any information > about it. > > Any help as to how to problem shoot this > would be most appreciated, > > Thanks > Dave
