On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 02:49:42PM -0400, Vinny Abello wrote: > All suggestions welcomed:
Your mbuf counts look OK. I don't see anything there which looks like a problem. If you had packet loss caused by mbuf exhaustion, your FreeBSD console log would show something. I've some couple questions: 1) Checked console logs (dmesg -a) to see if there's anything there which might give you hints to the problem? 2) Any IPMI modules installed in that Dell box? 3) vmstat -i output? 4) Is there a switch between the Cisco router and the FreeBSD box? 5) If there is a switch between the router and the FreeBSD box, have you tried the pings from a box (not the Cisco) on the same switch segment as the FreeBSD box? 6) Have you tried pings the other way (FreeBSD box -> box#2, and box#2 -> FreeBSD box) to see if its reproducable that way? 7) Does it only happen with ICMP traffic, or can you reproduce the loss using something like FTP (slow transfer rates/stalls)? 8) Tried downthrottling to 100mbit (ifconfig_bge0="... media 100baseTX") on both sides, to see if it's a gigabit-specific problem? 9) Tried different cabling? I see the network is gigabit. You might try replacing the cables, preferably with CAT6. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"