[pfSense Support] System tunables optimization with V.2.0 for Squid

2011-03-15 Thread bsd
Hello, I have Squid / Squid Guard installed with version 2.0 of pfSense. There are various post about system optimization for these packages. Most of them are quoted here: -- kern.ipc.nmbclusters=32768 -- vm.kmem_size=435544320 -- vm.kmem_size_max=535544320 -- kern.maxfiles=65536 --

[pfSense Support] DHCP server settings

2011-03-15 Thread Atkins, Dwane P
We recently lowered our DHCP lease time to the default of 2 hours. After a couple hours, I was checking the DHCP leases and see some that have a difference of 2 hours from the Start and End time. However, there are some that have a 24 hour difference. Is there a way to completely clear out

[pfSense Support] RE: DHCP server settings

2011-03-15 Thread Atkins, Dwane P
I am not trying to spam mail, but should we set the maximum lease time as well? It is currently at default. Dwane From: Atkins, Dwane P [mailto:atki...@uthscsa.edu] Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:34 AM To: 'support@pfsense.com' Subject: [pfSense Support] DHCP server settings We recently

RE: [pfSense Support] DHCP server settings

2011-03-15 Thread Adam Thompson
If you had your DHCP lease times set to 24hrs, lowering them will take a minimum of 12hrs (0.5 * least time) to take effect, and many DHCP clients are slightly broken and will take a full (lease time) to renew. Not to mention any of the really broken clients who don’t honour changes to the

RE: [pfSense Support] RE: DHCP server settings

2011-03-15 Thread Adam Thompson
Yes. Many clients will automatically ask for longer lease times than your default. -Adam From: Atkins, Dwane P [mailto:atki...@uthscsa.edu] Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:36 To: 'support@pfsense.com' Subject: [pfSense Support] RE: DHCP server settings I am not trying to spam mail,

[pfSense Support] Arp lookups flooding dmesg

2011-03-15 Thread Scott Benson
arplookup 169.254.176.209 failed: host is not on local network arplookup 169.254.176.209 failed: host is not on local network arplookup 169.254.176.209 failed: host is not on local network arplookup 169.254.176.209 failed: host is not on local network arplookup 169.254.176.209 failed: host is not

RE: [pfSense Support] RE: DHCP server settings

2011-03-15 Thread Atkins, Dwane P
Thank you, Adam. We had the DHCP default lease time set to 4 hours and the Maximum lease time was set to the default of 24 hours. So we lowered the default lease to 2 hours and left the maximum lease at 24 hours. What this tells me is that with the default lease, it will do another DHCP

Re: [pfSense Support] RE: DHCP server settings

2011-03-15 Thread Chris Buechler
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Atkins, Dwane P atki...@uthscsa.edu wrote: Thank you, Adam.  We had the DHCP default lease time set to 4 hours and the Maximum lease time was set to the default of 24 hours.  So we lowered the default lease to 2 hours and left the maximum lease at 24 hours.