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Xref: sserve comp.protocols.ppp:9071 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:1338 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!interlog.com!news1.fonorola.net!fonorola!uniserve!uniserve2!usenet From: tom@uniserve.com (Tom Samplonius) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ppp,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help: running out of buffer? Date: 21 May 1995 21:35:55 GMT Organization: UNIServe Online Lines: 17 Message-ID: <3pobnr$at@havenII.uniserve.com> References: <3pd81h$d0@nfxgate.nfx.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc.sdf.com Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.2 In article <3pd81h$d0@nfxgate.nfx.com>, chiejin@nfx.com says... > >Hi there, > >Can someone help me with this? I am running FreeBSD 2.0 running PPP to connect to >our Internet provider. From time to time, the connection will run very slow. And >if I ping the other side of the machine, I will get an error saying that there is >no more buffer left from PPP's sendto command. > >Is there any way to increase this buffer such that I don't have this problem? 2.0R had serious PPP problems. This is likely a bug. The GENERIC kernel should have plently of buffers for a PPP connection. 2.0.5 is due out in days...I'd try that instead. Tom