Yea, ntop does it to the I run it on too, something gets stuck and it consumes all memory ram/swap rendering the machine hopelessly io bound, I'm running the same kernel on 10 other machines ranging from 50-300 days of uptime, so I'm certain it's not a linux/kernel issue.
Regards MIKE On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 12:39, Shaf Ali wrote: > > Shaf, > > so who's fault? ntop, Linux or your machine? > > machine ? I have tested this on several machines with different/same NICs > > most definately ntop... > > ntop is not happy with pre-post routing packets which the kernel is > managing. Think about it logically... > ntop is not running at kernel level and if packets are being mangled in the > kernel what will ntop think about it ? > (Sorry I have not looked at the src for ntop in detail yet) > > If you can provide me with a link to the latest most stable version of ntop > I will happily test it for you. > I'll build kernel 2.4.18 with similar configs on seperate machines... I am > sure that when I build a kernel with basic packet filtered ntop will fail. > > Shaf > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Luca Deri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 5:15 PM > Subject: Re: [Ntop] A reason for dying > > > > Shaf, > > so who's fault? ntop, Linux or your machine? > > > > Cheers, Luca > > > > > > Shaf Ali wrote: > > > That's the honest truth and I can prove it... > > > > > > Mind you I have deep concerns on the reaction of ntop if you're kernel > is > > > packet filtering.... > > > Which is what my kernel is doing... > > > > > > I placed ntop on my production machine several months back which was > also > > > packet filetering and the results were a lot more serious.... Typically > when > > > the machine went live and the network packets started flowing - the > machine > > > rebooted ! SHEESH I rebuilt the kernel stripping everything out except > > > iptables of course and again the same problem : REBOOT. > > > > > > Finally I removed ntop and we had stability. > > > > > > > > > ----===================----- > > > Shaf Ali [ ContentFusion.com ] > > > ----===================----- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > www.shaf.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Devon Harding - GTHLA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "'Shaf Ali'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 4:12 PM > > > Subject: RE: [Ntop] A reason for dying > > > > > > > > > > > >>So you're saying that when you ran ntop with '-i' it dies? > > >> > > >>-Devon > > >> > > >>-----Original Message----- > > >>From: Shaf Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >>Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 11:09 AM > > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>Subject: Re: [Ntop] A reason for dying > > >> > > >>I have had this problem... > > >>And mailed the group...Not to add that I got a very UNHELPFUL and RUDE > > >>response... If only the support was as great as ntop.... > > >> > > >>Anyway I realized that I had to use rc1 src but the problem > re-occued.... > > >> > > >>Solved by : > > >> > > >>root gw:/etc/rc.d/init.d> cat network-monitor > > >>#!/bin/sh > > >> > > >>/etc/rc.d/init.d/ntop-mySQLserver.pl & > > >>##/usr/local/bin/ntop --mysql-host "ntop:ntop:ntop:localhost" -N -d -i > > >>"eth0,eth1,eth2" -u nobody > > >>## Multiple interfaces CRASH > > >>/usr/local/bin/ntop --mysql-host "ntop:foo:bar:localhost" -d -u nobody > > >> > > >>Hope this helps you... > > >> > > >>----===================----- > > >>Shaf Ali [ ContentFusion.com ] > > >>----===================----- > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> www.shaf.net > > >> > > >>----- Original Message ----- > > >>From: "Devon Harding - GTHLA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 2:09 PM > > >>Subject: [Ntop] A reason for dying > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>>Does anyone know what are the MAIN reasons that ntop dies or seg. > fault? > > >>>Could it be too much traffic/bandwidth? Not enough memory/processor? > > >> > > >>Could > > >> > > >>>OS/Kernel have something to do with it? > > >>> > > >>>I'd like try a process of elimination to fix this. > > >>> > > >>>_____________________ > > >>>Devon Harding > > >>>System Administrator > > >>>Gilat Latin America > > >>>954-858-1600 > > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>_______________________________________________ > > >>>Ntop mailing list > > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>>http://lists.ntop.org/mailman/listinfo/ntop > > >>> > > >> > > >>_______________________________________________ > > >>Ntop mailing list > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>http://lists.ntop.org/mailman/listinfo/ntop > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Ntop mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.ntop.org/mailman/listinfo/ntop > > > > > > > > -- > > Luca Deri NETikos S.p.A. > > Via Matteucci 34/B 56124 Pisa, Italy. > > Ph. +39/050/968.639 Fax. +39/050/968.626 > > Personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Business: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > WWW: http://luca.ntop.org/ ICQ: 68183632 > > Hacker: someone who loves to program and enjoys being > > clever about it - Richard Stallman > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ntop mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ntop.org/mailman/listinfo/ntop > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ntop.org/mailman/listinfo/ntop > _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ntop.org/mailman/listinfo/ntop
