On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Blu3Viper wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Pontus Lidman wrote:
> > host# ping 192.168.171.1
> > PING 192.168.171.1 (192.168.171.1): 56 data bytes
> > ping: sendto: No buffer space available
> > ping: wrote 192.168.171.1 64 chars, ret=-1
> >
> > --- 192.168.171.1 ping statistics ---
> > 1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
> >
> > What buffers have run out, and how do I increase the buffer space or
> > prevent them from filling up? I think this buffer space is also the reason
> > I get a lot of "neighbour table overflow" messages when I start too many
> > network services in my boot.
>
> the reason why you get neighbor table overflow is because dev lo hasn't been
> set up. that should be the first one set up. i'm pretty sure the above is
> an indirect result of this.
That was exactly the problem. Apparently I removed the setup of lo when I
moved to PCMCIA/DHCP. Putting it back solved the problem. Thanks!
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