Re: Simple question, what is an inOctet ... ?

2004-03-26 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 12:01:39PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > Just setup net-snmp, and zabbix to monitor it ... what exactly is an > Octet? 1 byte? An octet is eight bits. A byte is also usually eight bits, but this is not universally true. 'Octet' is used in many standards-documents to

Unused argument in in_pcballoc() function.

2004-03-26 Thread Pawel Jakub Dawidek
Hi. I've found unused argument in in_pcballoc() function: http://people.freebsd.org/~pjd/patches/in_pcballoc.patch Is it possible to commit it, as it affect ipv6 code as well? -- Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.FreeBSD.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fatal trap in rt_msg2

2004-03-26 Thread Roberto Nunnari
Also, my kernel is configured without INET6 and my netmask is /23 .. maybe I should try again with INET6 and /24 ?? Roberto Nunnari wrote: Hello. I'm posting here as I've been told in current it's a better place. On March 18th I did an upgrade from 5.2-p1 to RELENG_5_2 which gave me 5.2.1-p3. cvs

Xircom REM56G10/100

2004-03-26 Thread Brian Morgan
Good morning, I spent last night digging through the archives trying to see if this card has been fixed in CURRENT. Does any one know the status of the fix? It is the 'CIS is to long -- truncating' error. I am about to try out the OLDCARD kernelconf and see if that takes care of the problem, but I

Looking for switch recommendations ...

2004-03-26 Thread Marc G. Fournier
I'm looking at replacing my el'cheapo switch with something better that will allow me to fix my issues with the em/full-duplex problem ... I'm looking for ssomething managed, as well as SNMP aware so that I can tie it into Zabbix for monitoring ... something 8 or 12 port preferred. Cisco, of cou

Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...

2004-03-26 Thread Bill Vermillion
"Bits dont fail me now!" was what Marc G. Fournier muttered as he hastily typed this on Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 12:05 : > I'm looking at replacing my el'cheapo switch with something > better that will allow me to fix my issues with the > em/full-duplex problem ... > I'm looking for ssomething manag

Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...

2004-03-26 Thread Per Engelbrecht
Hi, Don't know your budget, but HP Procurve 2650 (layer2/layer3 hybrid) works just fine. Full managed, snmp et al. respectfully /per [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I'm looking at replacing my el'cheapo switch with something better > that will allow me to fix my issues with the em/full-duplex problem > ..

Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...

2004-03-26 Thread Marc G. Fournier
One thing I hate about comparison shopping for computers ... there are so many options :( What is the difference between Layer2 and Layer3, and what does that affect? I see the HP Procurve 2626 (I don't need 50 ports yet) for ~$600 on the web ... while I can pick up the Dell PowerConnect 332

Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...

2004-03-26 Thread Chuck Swiger
Marc G. Fournier wrote: I'm looking for ssomething managed, as well as SNMP aware so that I can tie it into Zabbix for monitoring ... something 8 or 12 port preferred. The 3com SuperStack 2 line is being replaced by the SS3 (which have gigabit uplinks) so the older models are priced to clear out;

Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...

2004-03-26 Thread Garrett Wollman
< said: > What is the difference between Layer2 and Layer3, and what does that > affect? "Layer 2 switch" is a fancy name for a bridge. "Layer 3 switch" is a fancy name for a router. -GAWollman ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.

RE: Looking for switch recommendations ...

2004-03-26 Thread Don Bowman
From: Marc G. Fournier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > One thing I hate about comparison shopping for computers ... there are > so many options :( > > What is the difference between Layer2 and Layer3, and what does that > affect? > > I see the HP Procurve 2626 (I don't need 50 ports yet) for > ~

Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...

2004-03-26 Thread Bakul Shah
> What is the difference between Layer2 and Layer3, and what does that > affect? Layer3 == routing (based on IP destination address) Layer2 == switching (based on enet dest. address) Layer3 is probably not important for you. > HP: > Throughput: 2650 - 10.1 mpps (64-byte packets) 2626 - 6.6 mpps

Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...

2004-03-26 Thread Per Engelbrecht
Hi again > > One thing I hate about comparison shopping for computers ... there > are so many options :( - what are your needs vs. $, kinda answers this. > > What is the difference between Layer2 and Layer3, and what does > that affect? All switching is done in layer2! Layer3 switch 'featur

Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...

2004-03-26 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Bakul Shah wrote: > For 100Mbps ports, the max packet rate in one direction is 10^8/672 == > 148809 pps (packets per sec) per port. So for 24 port full duplex ports > you get an aggregate maximum throughput of 148809*24*2 = 7738068 = > 7.14Mpps (Million pps). For a 48 port sw

Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...

2004-03-26 Thread Bakul Shah
> > For 100Mbps ports, the max packet rate in one direction is 10^8/672 == > > 148809 pps (packets per sec) per port. So for 24 port full duplex ports > > you get an aggregate maximum throughput of 148809*24*2 = 7738068 = > > 7.14Mpps (Million pps). For a 48 port switch it is 14.29Mpps. > > so, t

Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...

2004-03-26 Thread Luigi Rizzo
On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 04:25:55PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Bakul Shah wrote: > > > For 100Mbps ports, the max packet rate in one direction is 10^8/672 == > > 148809 pps (packets per sec) per port. So for 24 port full duplex ports > > you get an aggregate maximum thro

Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...

2004-03-26 Thread Petri Helenius
Luigi Rizzo wrote: a switch (Edimax) based on the 8316 costs here 60 euro incl.VAT and does 16 ports full duplex at full wire speed on all ports. But no counters and no management. Pete ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/m

Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...

2004-03-26 Thread Luigi Rizzo
On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 11:05:05PM +0200, Petri Helenius wrote: > Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > > > >a switch (Edimax) based on the 8316 costs here 60 euro incl.VAT > >and does 16 ports full duplex at full wire speed on all ports. > > > > > > > > > But no counters and no management. for that you

Re: IPsec: problems after upgrade 4.8 to 4.9

2004-03-26 Thread Holger Eitzenberger
On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 08:21:35AM +0100, Helge Oldach wrote: > > (*) ERROR: ipsec_doi.c:440:print_ph1mismatched(): rejected dh_group: > >DB(prop#1:trns#1):Peer(prop#0:trns#0) = 1024-bit MODP group:1536-bit MODP > >group > >dh_group 2; > Try changing the last line to > >

Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...

2004-03-26 Thread Petri Helenius
Luigi Rizzo wrote: for that you need to go to the RTL8326, yes. Still very cheap, I think managed units based on this one sell around $250. Anyways the point was, there is no CPU doing the forwarding or stats handling. Do you know if this has a fan? I´ve been looking for managed L2 devices w

ifconfig causing fatal trap

2004-03-26 Thread Joshua Y. Stabiner
I have a new thinkpad t40 with Intel PRO/1000 that I use as the em device and a cisco wireless that I use as the an device. typing /sbin/ifconfig causes a kernel panic (using GENERIC) and forces a reboot. I followed the directions in the manual and did: nm -n /kernel | grep c039cf

Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...

2004-03-26 Thread Wes Peters
On Friday 26 March 2004 11:08 am, Bakul Shah wrote: > > What is the difference between Layer2 and Layer3, and what does that > > affect? > > Layer3 == routing (based on IP destination address) > Layer2 == switching (based on enet dest. address) > > Layer3 is probably not important for you. That de

Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...

2004-03-26 Thread Wes Peters
On Friday 26 March 2004 11:25 am, Per Engelbrecht wrote: > > What is the difference between Layer2 and Layer3, and what does > > that affect? > > All switching is done in layer2! Not true! > Layer3 switch 'features' (functionality) is was the vendor put in the > box. Depending on the amount of $

Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...

2004-03-26 Thread Luigi Rizzo
On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 02:25:34PM -0800, Wes Peters wrote: ... > In the Xylan (now Alcatel) second-generation switches (The "X-Frame" > backplane) the switching hardward was capable of switching on the MAC > header *or* other predefined parts of the packet if no MAC header matches > were found.

sendfile returning ENOTCONN under heavy load

2004-03-26 Thread Kevin Day
I'm using thttpd on a server that pushes 300-400mbps of static content, using sendfile(2). Once the load reaches a certain point (around 800-1000 clients downloading, anywhere from 150-250mbps), sendfile() will start randomly returning ENOTCONN, and the client is disconnected. I've raised ke

Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...

2004-03-26 Thread Brooks Davis
On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 12:05:10PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > I'm looking at replacing my el'cheapo switch with something better that > will allow me to fix my issues with the em/full-duplex problem ... > > I'm looking for ssomething managed, as well as SNMP aware so that I can > tie it i

Re: ifconfig causing fatal trap

2004-03-26 Thread George V . Neville-Neil
At 26 Mar 2004 17:06:52 EST, Joshua Y. Stabiner wrote: > > I have a new thinkpad t40 with Intel PRO/1000 that I use as the em device and a > cisco wireless that I use as the an device. > > typing /sbin/ifconfig causes a kernel panic (using GENERIC) and forces a reboot. I > followed the directi

Re: Disabling VLAN_HWTAGGING

2004-03-26 Thread Jacob S. Barrett
I did a little more debugging and placed some printf statements before and after: /* * If we received a packet with a vlan tag, pass it * to vlan_input() instead of ether_input(). */ if (extsts & NGE_RXEXTSTS_VLANPK

Re: Disabling VLAN_HWTAGGING

2004-03-26 Thread Ruslan Ermilov
On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 06:44:52PM -0800, Jacob S. Barrett wrote: > I did a little more debugging and placed some printf statements before and > after: > /* > * If we received a packet with a vlan tag, pass it > * to vlan_input() instead of ether_i